A Virginia man who murdered two people is set to be executed on Thursday with a cocktail of drugs that could lead to a “prolonged and potentially torturous” death, according to international rights charity Reprieve. William Morva, 35, was sentenced to death for killing a security guard and a sheriff’s deputy in 2006. Eric Sutphin attempted to take Morva into custody the following day, Morva fatally shot Sutphin before being captured. The three-drug combination Morva is set to receive on Thursday was previously used to execute Ricky Gray in Richmond, Virginia, six months ago. That autopsy report points to signs of drowning, Mark Edgar, an associate professor of pathology at Emory University School of Medicine, told The Guardian.

Source: Huffington Post July 05, 2017 21:39 UTC