A death row inmate in the US has asked to be executed by firing squad rather than lethal injection. Zane Michael Floyd is fighting an execution which is expected to take place in Nevada in June and would make him the first person put to death in the US state in 15 years. He was convicted in 2000 of killing four people with a shotgun in a Las Vegas supermarket in 1999 and badly wounding a fifth person. Lawyers for the 45-year-old say he does not want to die and are challenging the state plan to use a proposed three-drug lethal injection. "This is not a delaying tactic," Brad Levenson, a federal public defence lawyer representing Floyd, said on Monday, adding that gunshots to the brain would be "the most humane way" for the execution to take place. Advertisement New US execution rule could see injections replaced by firing squad or poison gas His lawyers have called on prison officials to "devise a new procedure or procedures to carry out … [Read more...] about Nevada death row inmate asks to be executed by firing squad rather than lethal injection
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Walgreens Store Injects People With Saline Rather Than COVID Vaccine in Mix-Up
A Walgreens pharmacy mistakenly administered saline injections instead of COVID-19 vaccines in a mix-up, the company has confirmed. A spokesperson told local news outlets that a "limited number" of people were affected by the mistake, which occurred at a store in Monroe, North Carolina . Those affected had been informed, Walgreens said, and were offered a vaccine shot for when they were able to return. "We are investigating what happened and have taken immediate steps to review our procedures with the location to prevent this from occurring again," the company said in a statement. A woman who reported being among those affected said that her experience had taken place on March 20, when she and her husband were due to receive the Pfizer vaccine at a store on Fincher Street. The patient, Lisa Strawn, said she was told a pharmacist forgot to mix the vaccine, resulting in only a saline shot being administered. "I asked the guy, I said, 'How did you figure out that we only … [Read more...] about Walgreens Store Injects People With Saline Rather Than COVID Vaccine in Mix-Up
A cure for marketing’s ‘Frankenstack’ syndrome
The latest research from the 2021 Connected Benchmark report found that the average organization runs 843 individual applications. The report also found that only 29% of applications on average are integrated. With the average lifetime of an application being just four years, organizations must evolve away from being hierarchical and hardwired toward being flexible and open to change -- a composable enterprise. Marketing departments represent a line-of-business with many business applications that are mostly not integrated. The marketing technology landscape has exploded in the past decade. Just look at the trend of Scott Brinker 's Marketing Technology Landscape logo map over the past ten years: State of Marketing research from Salesforce shows that marketing leaders top challenges are customer engagements in real time, innovation, creating a cohesive customer journey across all channels, unifying customer data sources and sharing a unified view of customer data across … [Read more...] about A cure for marketing’s ‘Frankenstack’ syndrome
India Reduces Duty on Importing ‘Life-Saving’ Remdesivir From Bangladesh Amid Domestic Shortage
The Indian government on Wednesday reduced the import duty on Remdesivir , a key drug being employed by doctors to manage COVID symptoms, amid a widespread shortage of the medicine as the nation grapples with a virulent second wave. “Considering the immediate requirement on the recommendation of the Department of Pharmaceuticals, the Department of Revenue has reduced the customs duty on Remdesivir and its API/KSM. This step will further augment domestic availability of Remdesivir injections," India’s federal Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda said on Wednesday, citing a 20 April order from the federal Finance Ministry. The federal order reasoned that it was in the “public interest” to reduce the import duty on the Remdesivir injection. India has decided to reduce the import duty on #Remdesvir and its API, per a finance ministry order tweeted by @DVSadanandGowda . @BannaGupta76 pic.twitter.com/X0SVBjujTH — Dhairya Maheshwari … [Read more...] about India Reduces Duty on Importing ‘Life-Saving’ Remdesivir From Bangladesh Amid Domestic Shortage
Killer on death row seeks execution via firing squad
INQUIRER.net stock image A killer on death row is seeking execution via firing squad instead of the state-proposed lethal injection, which would make him the first since 2010 in the United States to be put down using the rare method. Zane Michael Floyd and his lawyers are requesting to replace injection with gunshots for a “faster and less painful death,” as per BBC yesterday, April 20, citing court documents obtained by the Associated Press. Floyd fatally shot four people and badly injured five with a shotgun at a Las Vegas supermarket back in 1999. He pled guilty and was sentenced to death the next year. Floyd’s camp is also fighting a possible June execution date, that if pushed through, will also see him as the first man to be executed in the said state via the death penalty in the last 15 years. He is one of the 70 death row inmates in Nevada, which is one of the 27 states in the U.S. to retain the death penalty, according to the U.S. Death Penalty Information Center. … [Read more...] about Killer on death row seeks execution via firing squad