JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 20 (UPI) -- Lawyers for a Missouri inmate sought to videotape his execution if they cannot get a court to halt it.
Russell Bucklew, who was sentenced to death for killing the man he believed was his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend, suffers from a birth defect, which his legal team says he produces tumors and frequently bleeds from his nose, mouth, eyes and ears. Lawyer Cheryl Pilate obtained an affidavit from a medical expert that said Bucklew was likely to choke or suffocate during lethal injection.