[KarlInOhio]

I find this hard to believe. During one medical procedure I was given some drug that "might make me feel drowsy and disoriented". I was knocked out by it and have no memory of the procedure after they pumped in the drug. And there's even stronger stuff out there where you won't notice the surgeon slicing you wide open. They just need to boost the anesthetic before the drugs which stop the heart.

[varon]

They just need to boost the anesthetic before the drugs which stop the heart.

Now, you've done it. You muddled the issue by introducing common sense ;-)

[Brytani]

Lethal Injection protocols call for the administration of Sodium Thiopental 2-5 grams depending on the persons weight. Sodium thiopental is used to medically induce coma’s and renders the receiving person unconscious in 30-45 seconds, in as little as 10 if given a higher dose.

The only “pain” associated with lethal injection is the insertion of an IV, something most of us will have in our lifetime.

The argument that somehow this procedure is cruel and unusual because it is painful has been shotdown by decades of medical literature on the very drug used to make sure the executed feels no paid. Unlike their victims of course.

[PapaBear3625]

They just need to boost the anesthetic before the drugs which stop the heart.

Or just give increasing amount of anesthetic until its the anesthetic which stops the heart. How much would that be? Well sometime before you have completely replaced the convict's blood supply with anesthetic solution, the heart will stop