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Originally Posted by Kizzy
How is lethal injection not working,massive sedative and a poison.. what's the problem?
Many venoms can kill in minutes, if you were sedated then injected with a pre prepared dose of venom then it would be game over.
It would be less damaging to the person administering the punishment, who (in there right mind) would want to blow someones brains out?
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The anaesthetic isn't administered by doctors or trained anaesthetists, post-mortem studies of adrenaline levels etc. Suggest that huge numbers of people (many studies show higher than 50%, some show up to 90%) killed by lethal injection experience pain, with up to 40% actually being conscious during the process.
There are two elements of sedation. One knocks you out so that you are unaware, the other is a muscle relaxant that paralyses you - so you can't move, open your eyes or make a sound. The former is a balancing act and can fail, the latter is reliable. This means you can appear to be unconscious but actually be fully aware, but completely paralysed.
The third injection that kills you causes intense muscle spasms and contractions, literally burns in the blood, and causes cardiac arrest. Which you could also feel until your heart actually stops.
...or you could take a large caliber bullet to the head and be dead before you even hear the shot. I'd opt for that, personally.