Florida executions halted after injection bungled

Florida's incoming governor said on Friday he would suspend executions after a medical examiner found that it took a condemned killer 34 minutes to die from a lethal injection because the needles were inserted improperly.
 
Gov.-elect Charlie Crist, who takes office on January 2, said he would halt executions until a commission appointed to investigate the state's procedure completes its work.
 
Earlier in day, outgoing Gov. Jeb Bush appointed a commission to study the state's execution procedures. No more executions had been scheduled in the remaining term of Bush, the younger brother of President George W. Bush.