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Question about lethal injection

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Leafy3 · 22/05/2025 11:09

Grim subject, I know, but why is it seemingly so hard for prisons in the states to get it right? It's clearly an unpleasant way to go...Why don't they put the person under a general anaesthetic first?

We euthanise animals quickly & painlessly, why don't they (can't they?) use the same drugs on humans?

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Throckmorton · 22/05/2025 11:27

I suspect they also prefer their prisoners to suffer

UtterlyUnimaginativeUsername · 22/05/2025 11:21

Drug companies don't want to sell to prisons, and qualified doctors aren't allowed carry out punitive lethal injections. So you have unqualified people doing it with less-than-optimal supplies.