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JoesterVT

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A completely non-political death penalty question (medical side)


Please no for/against debate...that's not the point of this question. I've been reading that many of the states are apparently having trouble finding the drugs for lethal injections. That you have to have 3 different drugs to carry out the deed. That some different groups have been arguing that lethal injection is some kind of horrible way to go (over other methods). There have been several cases over the years arguing the injection is cruel/unusual in and of itself...the method, not the end result. People have alleged that the injection method is terribly painful, and all of this. A current death watch inmate in Tenn has opted for the chair to spare himself the torture of the injection.

So that's the question. When a vet puts a dog to sleep, its a single shot. It's quiet, peaceful. The dog just goes to sleep. In jurisdictions where assisted suicide is allowed, by all accounts that ends up being a peaceful process.

So what's the deal here?

Posted: 11/01/2018 at 1:55PM



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