The "lethal injection" was offered up as a more humane way to execute condemned criminals. Up until recently it has mostly consisted of:
STEP ONE - Sodium Thiopental - To put someone to sleep and "generally" anaesthetize them.
STEP TWO - Pancuronium Bromide - Paralyzes everything, including beathing muscles. ( I wonder how this differs in effect from Anectine ? Perhaps longer lasting. )
STEP THREE - Potassium Chloride - Stops heart. ( Found in "salt free" substitute in smaller amounts BTW !Also supposedly used at times by the CIA to kill unwanted people in such a way that it looks as though they died of common heart failure. )
Prisoners such as Joseph Clark have been known to gasp "Don't work ! Don't work!" indicating Step One was only partially effective. It is thought that some prisoners may have been fully conscious as the paralysis set in. "I hate it when that happens. " Diprivan is suggested as a more modern substitute for the Thiopental. "He looks so peaceful."
I wonder how often the authorities purposely went light on Step One so that the murderer received more "punishment" on the way out ?
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Thread: Humane Execution ?
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05-08-2007, 08:05 AM #1
Humane Execution ?
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05-08-2007, 08:10 AM #2
What is it they give pets to euthanize them? I remember thinking my dog's death was so fast and looked painless.
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05-08-2007, 08:14 AM #3
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05-08-2007, 08:27 AM #4
I'm googling and googling and I'm not finding what they use. The closest thing I found was about the euthanizing of small lab animals: sodium pentobarbital. Hmmm.
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.”
~ John Rogers
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05-08-2007, 08:34 AM #5
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05-08-2007, 10:02 AM #6
Could we use that to execute people, too?
Edit: That's not to say I'm in favor of executing people. I honestly have mixed feelings about it, but if it is done and our intent is to be humane about it, could we use Sodium pentobarbital on the humans we execute?“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.”
~ John Rogers
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05-08-2007, 10:09 AM #7
For That Close Clean Shave
Whatever happened to that oldie but goodie?
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05-08-2007, 10:13 AM #8
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