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Two executed in US with unapproved drugs
AFP News ^ | October 9, 2013

Posted on 10/09/2013 9:38:14 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Two men were executed in the United States with a drug not yet approved by federal authorities.

In Texas, which has put to death more people than any other US state, prison authorities said Michael Yowell was pronounced dead at 7:11 pm.

Yowell was sentenced to death for killing his parents when he was 28 years old after stealing money from them to buy drugs. He had also opened a gas valve so that the house would explode.

In Arizona, 71-year-old Edward Schad died at 10:12 am.

Schad was sentenced to death for the 1978 murder of a 74-year-old whose corpse was found with a cord around its neck eight days after he left for a road trip.

Both Schad and Yowell were executed using a lethal injection with a new barbiturate customized by a compounding pharmacy.

The US Food and Drug Administration has not yet approved the drug.

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty
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It seems the clinical trials for these drugs were successful.
1 posted on 10/09/2013 9:38:14 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

LO-F-L


2 posted on 10/09/2013 9:39:45 PM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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It seems the clinical trials for these drugs were successful.

Then what's the problem, if any?

3 posted on 10/09/2013 9:40:14 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m sure bleach would be just as effective.

What about just using good old air? Embolism.


4 posted on 10/09/2013 9:40:49 PM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

>> It seems the clinical trials for these drugs were successful.

Yep, and 100% of the control group — who were not administered the drug — did NOT die.

Ship it!


5 posted on 10/09/2013 9:42:04 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: Nervous Tick

Lol


6 posted on 10/09/2013 9:43:18 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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>> What about just using good old air? Embolism.

What about just sucking all the air out of their airtight bedroom some night when they least expect it?

No pain, no anxiety, no taxpayer cost.

Hey, they’d be getting better than their VICTIMS got...


7 posted on 10/09/2013 9:45:01 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

When did they stop making good hemp rope?


8 posted on 10/09/2013 9:49:45 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Don’t they know that these “unapproved” drugs are unhealthy for those on death row? Hrumpf! Hrumpf!


9 posted on 10/09/2013 9:54:43 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The DemocRAT Pahtay! Spending our grandchildren's future, today!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How about copper-jacketed lead?
There seems to be plenty of clinical evidence of its effectiveness. Especially in the .30-06 variety.


10 posted on 10/09/2013 9:56:41 PM PDT by servo1969
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.

It does not guarantee a painless execution.


11 posted on 10/09/2013 9:56:50 PM PDT by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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We need to send those scheduled for execution to one of those “euthanasia” clinics in Switzerland. Maybe the commie libs will quit their b*tching.


12 posted on 10/09/2013 9:56:56 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The DemocRAT Pahtay! Spending our grandchildren's future, today!)
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To: Nervous Tick

There would be absolutely no pain or sensation.. hypoxia


13 posted on 10/09/2013 9:57:04 PM PDT by southland ( I have faith in the creator)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Couldn’t we just give them an overdose of dihydrogen monoxide?


14 posted on 10/09/2013 10:06:36 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (I don't always talk to Obama voters, but when I do I ask for Large Fries.)
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Maybe drugs are a bad way.

As a thought, could we just take them skydiving?

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15 posted on 10/09/2013 10:10:48 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I can’t top that.


16 posted on 10/09/2013 10:12:04 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well, I for one, sure approve of the drug.


17 posted on 10/09/2013 10:36:32 PM PDT by Bullish (The only real solution is to abolish liberal democrats forever)
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What about just using good old air? Embolism.

Or how about big vats of acid? We really have to at some point make people fear the death penalty again.

18 posted on 10/09/2013 10:38:53 PM PDT by Bullish (The only real solution is to abolish liberal democrats forever)
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To: Veggie Todd
give them an overdose of dihydrogen monoxide?

"Fill it with water."

19 posted on 10/09/2013 10:45:52 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sooner or later states are going to start using nitrogen asphyxiation as a means of execution. Don’t expect that, however, to put an end to the pettifogging protests of the anti-death penalty crowd.


20 posted on 10/09/2013 10:45:58 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (I'll retire to Bedlam.)
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