Russell Bucklew Wants Videographer to Record 'Tortuous' Execution

The next U.S. prisoner scheduled for execution is trying to force Missouri prison officials to allow a videographer to record his lethal injection — which he says will be torture because of a birth defect.

Russell Bucklew's lawyers filed a motion in federal court Friday arguing a visual record of Wednesday's execution should be considered evidence in his civil rights lawsuit against the state.

“If Missouri officials are confident enough to execute Russell Bucklew, they should be confident enough to videotape it," his lawyer, Cheryl Pilate, said in a statement.

"It is time to raise the curtain on lethal injections."



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