Oklahoma to consider executing death row inmates with drugs vets use to put down animals

DailyMail ^ | 8:39 AM on 10th November 2010 | Daniel Bates

[Niuhuru]

The state of Oklahoma is planning to execute death row inmates with drugs intended for use on animals.

Lawmakers want to switch away from the only brand of anaesthetic that has been used in the US for lethal injections because there is not enough to go around.

The replacement is likely to attract controversy because it is currently used by vets to anesthetise animals for operations.

Other states are watching closely and may well follow suit, but such a move is likely to face a challenge from human rights groups to ensure that it is safe to use.

[Niuhuru]

The comments keep my faith in humanity renewed at my most pessimistic moments.

[stefanbatory]

Why don’t they use a high velocity injection of copper-jacketed lead?

[bgill]

the only brand of anaesthetic that has been used in the US for lethal injections because there is not enough to go around.

Time to expand the factory.

[Niuhuru]

well, I daresay that one could create jobs through building factories to make these drugs.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Other states are watching closely and may well follow suit, but such a move is likely to face a challenge from human rights groups to ensure that it is safe to use.

Well we wouldn't want anybody to DIE as a result of this, would we.

This facepalm will leave a mark...

[Niuhuru]

Tempting, but I think that it would be better to do a hanging. That way it would be environmentally friendly and we could have parents bring their kids if they are becoming delinquints, show them the consequences of what their current choices are leading to.

[dockkiller]

...to ensure that it is safe to use.

Isn’t it used to kill someone? How important is safety here?

[Niuhuru]

The human rights groups have the wrong target for their sympathies.

[madison10]

Okay. Just how safe does an injection have to be if it’s for capital punishment purposes? What’s the worst it could do? Kill them?

(yeah, I know it might work too slow, or cause more pain...)

[willk]

This is really an insult to our pets.

[dirtboy]

Well we wouldn't want anybody to DIE as a result of this, would we.

For the FDA, a drug has to be safe and effective.

I figure one outta two ain't bad here.

[Niuhuru]

Given how the survivors of the victims feel, I’m sure the inmates would prefer the currents methods to what the families of their victims would do to them.

[going hot]

Used by vets to kill animals.....hmmmm....animals......and?

[MediaMole]

Who cares whether the drugs are “safe?” They are designed to kill the convicted killers. If the killer ends up dead, the drug is safe enough.

[flowerplough]

I'll do it! I'm not a veterinarian, but I did grow up on a farm, so I know a bit about putting animals down. I'll even bring my own chemicals, primarily lead and nitrocellulose, with several different long- and hand-style “applicators”.

[Sax]

Pneumatic Stunner. Not to be confused with a stuned bebber.

[JRios1968]

Other states are watching closely and may well follow suit, but such a move is likely to face a challenge from human rights groups to ensure that it is safe to use.

Side effects may include death...

[Niuhuru]

You see! This is what I’m talking about when I mention interdependency and communities working together!

[greatdefender]

Why don’t they use a high velocity injection of copper-jacketed lead?

I agree! Would you consider this sufficent?

[Question Liberal Authority]

I'll never understand the left. They want doctors to assist suicide, but they can't trust the same doctors to execute a mass murdering rapist.

Just let Dr Kervorkian design the lethal injection. Nobody from the left can complain because everyone knows that Dr Kervorkian is a great humanitarian.