Amnesty International rejects the argument, used by Guatemalan authorities, that lethal injection is a more "humane" method of execution. The first person executed by lethal injection in Guatemala in February 1998 took 18 minutes to die due to a malfunction in the poison apparatus and was bleeding profusely from both arms since his executioners were unable to find the correct vein.
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