[a fool in paradise]

According to the document, a doctor tried to insert an intravenous line into his groin in a frantic attempt to save him

In an era of do not resuscitate orders, we are trying to save execution subjects?

Isn't there some other shot (short of a bullet) you could give him to put him out of his misery?

[JimRed]

Isn't there some other shot (short of a bullet) you could give him to put him out of his misery?

Ice pick, up the nose and into the brain.