From the "You Just Can't Make This Shit Up Department"

From CNN's story about the execution of Clarence Ray Allen (emphasis mine):

Having suffered a heart attack back in September, Allen had asked prison authorities to let him die if he went into cardiac arrest before his execution, a request prison officials said they would not honor.

"At no point are we not going to value the sanctity of life," said prison spokesman Vernell Crittendon. "We would resuscitate him," then execute him.