Arizona executes second death row inmate this year

• Department of Corrections executed death row inmate Richard Djerf • Medical team ran into some difficulties inserting Djerf’s IV line • Witnesses said process otherwise went smoothly

The state executed Richard Djerf, a man convicted of murdering four members of the Luna family, by lethal injection on Friday morning, marking the second death row inmate to see their sentence carried out in the past year.

According to a deputy director at the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry and five members of the media, the medical staff experienced some difficulties inserting the IV lines into Djerf’s arm.

Otherwise, witnesses described the execution as “clinical,” noting a relatively swift death following the first administration of lethal drugs.

Attention continues