... Arizona.
Seriously, though, a few questions:
- Why on earth is prison officials concocting their particular home brew of chemicals considered a fine and dandy idea? Which is what they're really doing, now that companies vote with their wallet by not selling to prisons anymore.
- Why is there no proper testing? With the gas chamber you used to at least test the thing for leaks regularly so it would be effective; but as far as I am aware the patients are really also the guinea pigs. Moreover it does not appear adequate data is obtained from these live tests. At least the Japanese had the saving grace of properly documenting their findings.
- Where is our cynical doctor when you need him?
This mess kinda underscores the arguments against the death penalty, doesn't it? Especially those of the "even if your justice system were perfect (ha, as if) the death penalty is still an exceedingly bad idea from a practical standpoint" variety.
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