Death Row murderer suffered 'hours of pain' in 'longest execution in US history'

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    [–]IMissPorn 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

    There is a third drug (actually first in sequence), a sedative/anesthetic, but because of the paralytic it's really hard to confirm whether this is actually working properly. Honestly this method seems way too complicated. I don't agree with the death penalty anyway, but why not just use fentanyl or something?

    [–]EternalSunset 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    Big pharma doesn't want their prized cash cows being associated with death.

    [–]IMissPorn 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    It's not like fentanyl is associated with death currently or anything...

    But if not that, then nitrogen. It's painless and basically foolproof. No oxygen, you die. But because you're not breathing "stale air" (CO2) you barely notice it's happening. I believe at least one state allows this as a backup method, but I don't know why they don't go ahead and make it the first choice.