Arizona reveals drug dosage given in drawn-out execution

By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - A review ordered by Arizona's governor into last month's drawn-out execution of a death row inmate is underway and authorities confirmed on Friday the dosage of the controversial two-drug cocktail the prisoner received for his lethal injection. Lawyers for convicted double murderer Joseph Wood say he gasped and struggled for breath for more than 90 minutes as he was put to death on July 23 at a state prison complex. Arizona's assistant attorney general has said the executioners had to administer at least two full doses of the drug cocktail to the 55-year-old before he succumbed. In a statement on Friday announcing that the probe was underway, the state's Department of Corrections said Wood was given a total of 750 mg each of the drugs Midazolam and Hydromorphone.