USA: Further information: Man executed six days after suicide attempt: Brandon Rhode

Index Number: AMR 51/092/2010
Date Published: 28 September 2010
Categories: USA

Brandon Rhode was executed in Georgia, USA, shortly after 10pm on 27 September. Six days earlier he had almost died after slashing his arms and neck with a razor. The execution was delayed a number of times during the six days, but in the end the courts refused to stop it.