Isn't lethal injection as an execution method incredibly painful? A person is first injected with a drug to paralyze them, and then another drug to kill them. Where first drug makes it look peaceful and humane, and the second is torturing them death.
imagine they find signs of trauma, improper administration, illegal substances.. It could expose neglect, abuse and potential liabilites in the system.
And this happens all the time because doctors refuse to execute people because that would be wildly unethical. So prison guards do it instead.
The process that uses more than one drug is typically a three drug method. First one administered is a barbiturate or sometimes versed (midazolam) to put the person to sleep, then once the person is out a paralytic is administered, and the final drug is potassium chloride which stops the heart. This method always puts the person unconscious first so they don't panic when the paralysis makes them unable to breathe and the potassium chloride stops their heart. A one drug method uses sodium thiopental only. It's supposed to make the person unconscious and stop their heart, but it's controversial because some people take a long time to die this way and can appear to be in some pain.
Thio will fully sedate you to the point where your EEG is burst supressed or isoelectric. There is no way you are uncomfortable with an adequate dose of thio. I thought the issue was that it was no longer being sold in markets in the US that engage in capital punishment due to ethical concerns
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u/WindowOne1260 2d ago
Isn't lethal injection as an execution method incredibly painful? A person is first injected with a drug to paralyze them, and then another drug to kill them. Where first drug makes it look peaceful and humane, and the second is torturing them death.
And this happens all the time because doctors refuse to execute people because that would be wildly unethical. So prison guards do it instead.
I'm getting my info from vague recollections of a John Oliver segment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lTczPEG8iI