A federal judge has ruled against a man on Georgia’s death row who argued that lethal injection could cause him excruciating pain and suggested a firing squad as an alternative. Michael Wade Nance argued that because of his medical history an injection of the sedative pentobarbital,

Michael Wade Nance, on Georgia's death row for a 1993 murder, argued that lethal injection could cause him severe pain due to his medical history and proposed a firing squad as an alternative.

Michael Wade Nance argued that because of his medical history an injection could cause him severe pain in violation of his constitutional rights.