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- Name: Dr. Alan R. Doerhoff
- Born: ca.1944
- Hometown: Jefferson City, Missouri
- Claims to have presided over as many as 40 executionsCNN.com: Dyslexic doctor has overseen 40 executions
- Doerhoff says he presided over the 2001 execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeighCNN.com: Dyslexic doctor has overseen 40 executions
- Banned from participating in lethal injections in Missouri in 2006Los Angeles Times: Doctor barred by state helps in U.S. executions
- Part of the execution team at the Terre Haute, Indiana, federal prisonLos Angeles Times: Doctor barred by state helps in U.S. executions
- Doerhoff has been sued for malpractice more than 20 timesCNN.com: Dyslexic doctor has overseen 40 executions
- Was cited for concealing malpractice suits from a Missouri hospital in 2003STLtoday: Behind the mask of the execution doctor (July 30, 2006)
- Has been barred from practicing at two hospitalsLos Angeles Times: Doctor barred by state helps in U.S. executions
- Doerhoff is believed to have participated in executions in Connecticut in 2005 and Arizona in href="/2007">2007W... (New Haven, CT): Doctor Behind Executions Speaks Out (August 15, 2008) The Arizona Republic: Doctor banned from executions in Mo. now in Ariz. (July 24, 2008)
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In 2006, Dr. Alan Doerhoff, the self-proclaimed "world's authority on lethal injection," was banned from participating in lethal injection executions in his home state of Missouri. A judge also halted the state's execution program, citing Doerhoff's own admission that he has dyslexia and that he sometimes transposed numbers while mixing lethal drugs as a major concern.CNN.com: Dyslexic doctor has overseen 40 executions Los Angeles Times: Doctor barred by state helps in U.S. executions
Missouri Halts Executions
In June of 2006, a federal judge halted all executions in the state of Missouri. The decision came after the testimony of a then-anonymous physician, who admitted having dyslexia. The doctor, who was later identified as Alan Doerhoff, said he sometimes made mistakes in dosages of lethal drugs administered to condemned prisoners. The judge ordered a review of Missouri's execution protocols, citing concerns that the state was administering unconstitutionally cruel punishment to its death row inmates. On August 27, 2008, the state of Missouri was scheduled to execute its first prisoner under its new court-written execution protocol.FOXNews.com: Judge Halts Missouri Executions, Orders Changes (June 26, 2006) CNN.com: Dyslexic doctor has overseen 40 executions STLtoday: Behind the mask of the execution doctor (July 30, 2006)Quote
"These guys are scared to death, they're shaky. I assure them I've taken care of everything so that nothing will go wrong. I help them calmly go through the procedure."CNN.com: Dyslexic doctor has overseen 40 executions (August 15, 2008)—Alan Doerhoff
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