U.S. Executions by Lethal Injection May Not Be Humane

HealthDay ^ | 4/14/05 | HealthDay

[pabianice]

Oh, STFU, you British weenies.

[Christian4Bush]

Don`t tell me the ACLU is now going to start with this after they cheered about starving Terri Schiavo.

Rush Limbaugh opened his show, the day after Terri Schindler died, thusly: "The same people who have so fervently sought the death of Terri Schiavo, will soon fight to save the life of convicted double murderer Scott Peterson."

Or something like that.

[Diogenesis]

"Because participation of doctors in protocol design or execution is ethically prohibited"

Says who?

[b4its2late]

Prisoner executions by lethal injection in the United States may not be painless or humane, and may not even meet veterinary standards for putting down animals.

My question would be - Was the act that got the perp into the death chamber in the first place humane or painless to the victim?

[scott7278]

"The authors concluded that prisoners executed by lethal injection may have experienced awareness..."

Just declare them to be in a vegetative state at that point. Problem solved.

[Navy Patriot]

No, we should humanely starve and dehydrate convicts to death.

[Kozak]

Really easy to fix. Change the protocol dose to 10mg/kg ( twice the anesthesia dose). Not exactly a problem if they are overdosed now is it?

[LibFreeOrDie]

Hollywood is already on the anti-lethal injection bandwagon. In an episode of "Boston Legal" (ironically aired on the first Sunday after Terri's feeding tube was pulled), a main character commented on lethal injections thusly: "We're led to believe it's painless, peaceful, and even humane."

The AMA prohibits doctors from participating in any way in the administration of lethal injections, including the training of prison personnel. So now Lancet complains that prison personnel aren't doing it correctly!

[GBA]

A very practical idea...and a horrible take on how they killed Terri Schiavo.

[12 Gauge Mossberg]

LOL great post and screename.

[RAY]

Actually, according to some, any thing that is lethal is inhumane! Just wait the progressive judges will find a way to "enact" such a restriction.

[mvonfr]

The article is right on target.

The humane way is to starve them to death; as we know from Terry Schiavo, this is painless, they would not feel a thing....

[CyberAnt]

"humane"

And not just humane .. euphoric and peaceful!

So .. I second your proposal.

[Doc Savage]

Being forced to listen to Teresa Heinz is NOT humane!

Being forced to watch Chris Matthews is NOT humane.

Having your young daughters exposed to lesbians is NOT humane!

Being forced to watch Ted Kennedy eat is NOT humane!

[Frohickey]

Time to bring back the guillotine. And to he** with the French, we don't have to pay them royalties for it. ;)

[TheForceOfOne]

Humane treatment for inhumane criminals, something is wrong with that.

[squidward]

"A bullet? Pfffft. Just starve and dehydrate them to death. Lefties tell us that's extraordinarily humane, and in fact, euphoric."

I think Felos even called it peaceful and beautiful if my memory serves me.

[mak5]

Interesting. There was an old attorney in my office when I first started practicing whose first job as an attorney was to witness an execution at the Courthouse/jail in Pittsburgh. They used to do them right there in public, where the windows of the cell blocks opened into a big courtyard.

[angelanddevil2]

Imagine that!. A criminal suffering for 3 minutes!. I would say, let's get rid of the lethal injection and let's use only the electric chair. Or let's starve them. I've heard that is a wonderful death.

[NormB]

Yeah, they should just withhold food ans water from them instead, because, as we all know, that is the most humane way to kill people.