These people's "ethics" are similar to the terrorist "religion". Basically hypocrites and a bunch of hughey.
The Judge was intending that the single drug,Pentathol, be the main and only chemical used, it takes four times as long to do the job by itself, however.
He added in the requirement to have 2 anesthesiologists present to recover the inmate if things don't go smoothly which was the itch in the ointment as we now have witnessed.
clever ploy. not wise but clever.