2006-09-12 19:15:21 · 17 answers · asked by kusanagi_cute 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Good point. But it's part of the injection protocol in which paramedics and nurses are trained. Unchanged for the Execution Protocol (which is the name of a book published a half-dozen years ago that describes everyting in excruciating detail).
2006-09-12 19:17:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Lethal Injections was invented to replace the presumably cruel(er) and (more) unusual punishments. Traditionally, people who have been sentenced to death have been shot, hanged, or electrocuted. This methods undoubtedly introduced a large amount of pain to the prisoners. However, the laws of today require that if capital punishment has to be executed, it has to be done with the minimum amount of pain and other form of harm possible. Some people believe in degree of dignity of one's death, so taking away the pains and other factors might be viewed as a more dignified type of death. Physicians who which to participate in this practice may do so to ensure that the person being punished just "die" instead of "die and suffer." That's why many measures are taken, including giving anesthetics and sterilizing needles.
2006-09-13 03:06:01 · answer #2 · answered by mrpoolny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because medical doctors are the ones doing the injecting, and they have standards they must follow when performing ANY medical task, even on a deathrow inmate. It's not worth losing your license over, sterilizing needles is second nature to begin with, and so on. They'd have to go out of their way NOT to do it, and what's the point of that?
2006-09-13 02:17:30 · answer #3 · answered by surfinthedesert 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The 8th amendment to the constitution protects everyone from cruel and unusual punishment, such that it would be unethical and a violation of the criminal's right to a painfree lethal injection. Unsterile needles are extremely painful and will cause the criminal to scream in agony. Thus he will not die painlessly and his constitutional right would be violated.
Or so I've heard.
2006-09-13 02:26:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello Its Called Medical Asepsis. Or Some **** Like That.. Plus Its Respect Anyways.. What If The Person Didnt Complety Die.. That Has Happened Before.. US Is Run By Laws You Know
2006-09-13 02:17:42 · answer #5 · answered by mistiza12 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you have got good question, in asking why????
I believe the prison officers using hospital needle as more on convenience to acquire.
Perhaps the ward is afraid of being sued by the prisoner's relatives on charge of giving prisoner with aids injection.
2006-09-13 02:26:46 · answer #6 · answered by Rod 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never knew they did! on another note who in the H... could eat a last MEAL..
Why can't they give them a Quart of alcohol of his choice. What damn difference does it make. I still the Idaho system. You have a choice of "hanging", of fireing squad. But to make the firing squad better they should turn the prisoner lose and let him run for it until he is shot. The last one shot in Idaho lived, or his heart beat eleven times before he was pronounced dead.
2006-09-13 02:27:10 · answer #7 · answered by virginiamayoaunt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know I never thought about that but now that you mention it that is a could question. I think it is because after you die they do an autopsy to make sure that it was the injection that killed you.
2006-09-13 02:18:37 · answer #8 · answered by Cali 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the cause of death has to be through the lethal injections and not through Aids or any other infections
2006-09-13 02:19:37 · answer #9 · answered by handsomedev2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have an oxymoron liberal justice system that carries the welfare of the criminal a little bit too far,they are trying to find a way that the criminal will be happy when he kisses this earth goodby,Go figure
2006-09-13 02:36:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋