What a concept – use drugs to save lives instead of taking lives. “We’re running out of all the drugs,” one doctor told the paper. Over 2,600 people are currently awaiting execution, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Thirty states, plus the federal government, “use lethal injection as their primary method,” while others use… Continue reading Doctors Ask States to Donate Lethal Injection Drugs to Save Covid 19 Patients
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Botched Execution Left Man in 40 Minutes of Agony Before He Died
Clayton Lockett spent forty minutes writhing in agony before dying of a heart attack A death row inmate spent forty minutes writhing in agony before dying of a heart attack following a new cocktail of drugs administered in a lethal injection on Tuesday night. Oklahoma prison officials halted Clayton Lockett’s execution after the left the… Continue reading Botched Execution Left Man in 40 Minutes of Agony Before He Died
Florida Republican Files Bill To Use Firing Squad On Death Row Inmates
Apparently, following in Rick Perry’s footsteps by killing people through lethal injection is just too slow and burdensome for a Republican Representative in Florida. Who needs to waste time injecting three different levels of poison in a human being, putting them to sleep and stopping their heart beat, when you can just line them up and… Continue reading Florida Republican Files Bill To Use Firing Squad On Death Row Inmates