Texas executes far more people than any other US state. A Texas prisoner will be executed tomorrow. What do the inmates tend to say in their final words, right before they are killed by the state?
Exit association in switzerland has a very good “death potion”. For the ones who voluntarily decide to stop living on this planet. Nembutal (pentobarbital sodium). I know that from a very close family experience. There is no suffering at all. You just fall asleep amd stop breathing. Less than 10 minutes. With dignity!
Why american authorities (and other government willing to kill people) do not use that “drug” ?
Basically, there are more humane ways to execute inmates, but there are serious issues with sourcing drugs because some companies won't sell to those states that are planning to use them for the purpose of executions; and also, there are path dependency issues, where states just do what has been done in the past, despite evidence that there may be serious suffering and also the string of botched executions. It's grim reading, but you're right that there are almost certainly much better ways to do this, if it's going to be done anyway. My focus was to suggest that it shouldn't be done in the first place, for reasons I explain in depth in the "Eye for an Eye?" Power Corrupts episode that I linked to in the article. Thanks for reading! -Brian
Exit association in switzerland has a very good “death potion”. For the ones who voluntarily decide to stop living on this planet. Nembutal (pentobarbital sodium). I know that from a very close family experience. There is no suffering at all. You just fall asleep amd stop breathing. Less than 10 minutes. With dignity!
Why american authorities (and other government willing to kill people) do not use that “drug” ?
Thank you
Hi Jack, there's a long history here, and this article might be useful for you: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-alper-3-drug-cocktail-20170420-story.html
Basically, there are more humane ways to execute inmates, but there are serious issues with sourcing drugs because some companies won't sell to those states that are planning to use them for the purpose of executions; and also, there are path dependency issues, where states just do what has been done in the past, despite evidence that there may be serious suffering and also the string of botched executions. It's grim reading, but you're right that there are almost certainly much better ways to do this, if it's going to be done anyway. My focus was to suggest that it shouldn't be done in the first place, for reasons I explain in depth in the "Eye for an Eye?" Power Corrupts episode that I linked to in the article. Thanks for reading! -Brian