Jose Martinez High was pronounced dead at 8:07 p

Jose Martinez High was pronounced dead at 8:07 p.m. He had been convicted for killing Henry Phillips on July 26, 1976. Before their arrest, however, High carried out a string of brutal homicides. The procedure was stalled for about 15 minutes because prison staffers were unable to find suitable veins for the injection in Mr. High's arm. A prison doctor injected one tube in his left hand and made an incision to insert another in his chest. In an affidavit, Richard Price, director of forensic psychology at the Medical University of South Carolina, said he found it difficult to determine whether High "is mentally retarded or has borderline intellectual functioning." But Price said he had no question as to whether High was mentally ill.