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This plea for a stay of execution is not coming from a vacuum. It is heavily influenced by the recent, highly publicized botched execution attempt of another inmate in Tennessee. That incident, which left witnesses horrified and the state’s death penalty protocol under intense scrutiny, has become the focal point of Ferrell’s current strategy. He is urging the state to reconsider its rigid adherence to current procedures, arguing that the constitution does not grant the state the right to inflict a torturous, experimental, or prolonged death, regardless of the severity of the original crime.
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