As promised to his lawyers by Utah Gov Spencer Cox, the lethal injection death of convicted murderer Taberon Honie went off without a hitch in the early hours of Thursday, with Honie expiring on the gurney at about 12:20 AM local time after two doses of pentobarbitol, Fox 13 reports.
Honie’s lawyers had been concerned that, given this was the first execution carried out in the Beehive State since 2010, that the crew at Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City might be a little rusty and subject Honie to needless suffering with a botched cocktail. It would seem those fears were unfounded as the 47 year-old inmate – whose last meal of a burger, fries, and milkshake were a fine, if uninspired, choice – has apparently been killed by the state in a safe and effective manner, with all lawsuits or internal board inquiries or other such headaches preempted.