Executions by Method100 Executions since 191028 Executions by Hanging37 Executions by Lethal Gas35 Executions by Lethal Injection99 Males1 FemaleExecutions by HangingADC#NameEthnicityTimeDate3094Jose LopezHispanic10:23 AM01-05-19103327Cesario SanchezHispanic10:30 AM12-02-19103326Rafael BarelaHispanic11:10 AM12-02-19103497Domingo FrancoAnglo- - - - - - -07-07-19113582Alejandro GallegoHispanic10 . Arizona Prison Execution Stockfoto's en -beelden - Getty Images In a per curiam opinion, the Court held that " [b]y declaring his method of execution, picking lethal gas over the state's default form of execution-- lethal injection--Walter LaGrand has waived any objection he might have to it." Additionally, the Court vacated the Court of Appeals injunctive order. On December 14, 1984, the trial court sentenced both Petitioners to death. A federal court in California found this method to be cruel and unusual punishment. lista över efterlysta > tandläkare lund stora södergatan > حكم خروج المرأة مع زوجها بعد العقد The last man so far to die in the gas chamber, Walter LaGrand, was executed by the state of Arizona on March 3rd, 1999. This is the defendant's automatic, direct appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court. The last cyanide gas chamber death prior to LaGrand, the 1992 gas chamber execution of Don Harding, was described by his attorney as "slow, painful, degrading and inhumane." Like Dixon, who was executed less than a month ago by Arizona, Atwood is 66 years old and in poor health. Execution witness Heather Urquides of the Arizona - Getty Images The last person executed by cyanide gas in Arizona was Walter LaGrand, a German national, in 1999. It took . LaGrand was executed in 1999 and, according to a published eyewitness account, he exhibited "agonizing choking and gagging" for 18 minutes and his head and arms twitched, and his hands were "red. State v. Walter LaGrand, 153 Ariz. 21, 734 P.2d 563 (1987) PROCEDURAL POSTURE: The defendant was convicted in Superior Court (Pima) of first-degree murder, attempted murder, attempted armed robbery [of a bank], and two counts of kidnapping. "The witness room fell silent as a mist of gas rose, much like steam in a shower, and Walter LaGrand became enveloped in a cloud of cyanide vapor," the Citizen reported. At the time Walter LaGrand was sentenced to death, lethal gas was the only method of execution available in Arizona, but the State now provides inmates a choice of execution by lethal gas or lethal injection, see Ariz. Rev. Executions Prior to 1992 & Execution Methods Walter LaGrand, by his actions, has waived his claim that execution by lethal gas is unconstitutional. Arizona prisoner Frank Atwood requests execution using nitrogen instead ... The state's last gas chamber execution using cyanide was Walter LaGrand in 1999, documented by witnesses as "agonizing" and lasting 18 minutes. From Last Meals To Last Words, What Can Death Row Prisoners Request ...