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JustinEbriated t1_irjb0wh wrote

Why do they swab prisoners arms with alcohol right before injecting death drugs?

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zvug t1_irl8qam wrote

Because it’s standard operating procedure.

Even if that specific step of the SOP is not necessary in this instance, it’s still good practice for the administer in general so that it becomes second nature.

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Alfalfa_World t1_irkal7s wrote

Itd be considered 'inhumane". But i see the irony, as deathrow itself is so inhumane.

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LanewayRat t1_irl4vtc wrote

Why would it be inhumane not to swab them? Alcohol prevents infection, it doesn’t anaesthetise the area.

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Alfalfa_World t1_irlitsi wrote

Well there is a chance they will survive the execution. Many ppl have survived executions before. Its more common than you think.

Most people on death row - dont even end up dying from executions. They die of natural causes, suicide, or murder.

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badicaldude22 t1_irnql5d wrote

You don't say?

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noslenkwah t1_irleq8m wrote

If they have to abort the process for any reason, you don't want them dying of an infection.

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sdrowkcabdelleps t1_irj9fst wrote

I'm guessing other is murdered.

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Bajakid t1_irjp8l6 wrote

I’d guess “suicide” is also murder

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st4n13l t1_irkopsw wrote

I believe it's technically recorded as "Suicide(d)"

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Winklesteinn1 t1_irkorrn wrote

Isn't that more like playing the beta before the complete release?

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idhtftc t1_irkdyfy wrote

I mean, putting a % number seems like the minimum thing to do?

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Greasy_Ape t1_irlcy0k wrote

That is a high suicide rate.

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Kiflaam t1_irlfh0p wrote

"pending"

I don't like the implications that can literally have...

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LanewayRat t1_irl44a0 wrote

Terrible sad stats. Amazing that Americans tolerate this official barbarism. Locking people up with execution hanging over them as they gradually die off from suicide and natural causes is sorta like torture isn’t it? It would actually be more humane to quickly carry out the sentence.

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GRAWRGER t1_irmialx wrote

it would be, for those that end up being executed.

another way to look at it is that the waiting period invites the possibility of new developments. it'd be a shame for an incorrect verdict leading to the immediate execution of an innocent person, when new evidence exonerating them may have been found in the next year or two.

not sure how often that happens though...

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Bitter-Basket t1_irnjech wrote

They know that execution is not going to happen. And the horror, pain and suffering their victims and their families endured is unimaginable. I don't feel bad for them - at all.

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SnippyChunk t1_irlryag wrote

How the hell are these guys getting enough drugs on death row to overdose?

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mVargic t1_irlota7 wrote

Depressing. If I ever get to death row while innocent, I would welcome a fast trial and fast death like in China.

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Sir_Isaac_3 t1_irmuiue wrote

Isn’t everyone’s death pending?

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ZimofZord t1_irnek9v wrote

Sounds like a waste of money to let all those ppl die naturally

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susar345 t1_isdmo96 wrote

Mother of hell. Barely 10% executed. If you are going to have death penalty, mean it, kill them next them next morning not rarely ever. F that!

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veri745 t1_irlzsv1 wrote

Isn't "overdose" and "executed" basically the same category?

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CharlesW-G t1_irqvf91 wrote

Overdose refers to the prisoner taking too many drugs themselves, really it's more in the suicide category.

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susar345 t1_isdn3jb wrote

I can not get any drugs in my tow and they can overdone? F that!

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