I got the impression it was a “series of bungled executions” on some other death row inmate that compelled the state to put a moratorium on executions, a moratorium that lasted 7 years.
I personally do not understand this kind of thing. Why do they have to have some kind of stupid cocktail of drugs that are hard to get, have different effects on people, blah blah blah.
Here is what they should do. Have the person tied to a gurney. Wheel him into a very small, gas-tight room, close the door, and flood it with nitrogen. The person just passes out and asphyxiates.
Clean. Painless. Easy. Cheap. No screw ups.
I just don’t understand this. All I can gather is that these executions are configured this way to cause them to screw up and result in public outcries.
We don’t need to be cruel. But people need to take responsibility for their actions, which in the case of murder, means losing your own life as well.
Nitrogen works for me.
Not executing folks has more downside than executing them.