Tennessee executes killer with controversial drugs that Sotomayor said could inflict torturous pain

The Washington Post ^ | August 10, 2018 | Deanna Paul

[metmom]

I wish more people would be so worried about those suyb human savages victims than the savages.

Apologies to sub human savages.

[Reno89519]

Is he dead? That’s all that matters.

[clee1]

Midazolam, aka Versed, is the drug used to put you to sleep prior to surgery. Propofol is then used to paralyze your respiratory system so you can be incubated (put on a ventilator)

Potassium DOES burn/sting if too concentrated and pushed too fast into too small a vein. But you aren’t going to feel it if you are knocked out first.

We ought to go to the Chinese method: shot in the back of the head without warning “on the way to dinner”.

[Bonemaker]

“Although the Midazolam may temporarily render Irick unconscious, the onset of pain and suffocation will rouse him. And it may do so just as the paralysis sets in, too late for him to alert bystanders that his execution has gone horribly (if predictably) wrong,”

EXCELLENT!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Just OD them on fentanyl like 30,000 Americans did to themselves last year.

https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates

[READINABLUESTATE]

Yup, nitrogen is the answer.

[puppypusher]

Why didn’t they just OD the guy with Propofal?He’d go to sleep and never wake up like Micheal Jackson.

[Bonemaker]

Pith the bastards with an ice pick.

[Scrambler Bob]

and rope is free.
= = =

Well, you are supposed to use Hemp.

So we are back to a drug connection.

[Grampa Dave]

Too much of an over dose of Midazolam, aka Versed can kill you with no pain.

Millions of us have had Versed pre op or pre procedure. Most of us had no recall of the surgery or procedure and went home with a driver for the rest of the day. It is painless and eliminates any memory of what happened, (not necessary to kill a killer).

[KSCITYBOY]

btt

[RatRipper]

Actually, I like the firing squad method

[Bonemaker]

"Midazolam, aka Versed, is the drug used to put you to sleep prior to surgery. Propofol is then used to paralyze your respiratory system so you can be incubated (put on a ventilator)" Actually. I've rather looked forward to this drug cocktail for all the different procedures/surgeries I've had!😎

[bk1000]

I fail to understand the drama here. Its not like its that difficult to come up with a drug that is guaranteed to kill. On one page you have kilos of smuggled fentanyl, allegedly strong enough to cause death from a dose of mear micrograms. Give them a spoonful of that. They won’t feel a thing, and they WILL die.

[zeugma]

The only reason this is even an issue is because certain parties want it to remain an issue. We know how to perform executions that are quick, efficient, and painless. Simply put them in an airtight chamber, pump in pure nitrogen and wait. Once the person is well and truly dead, exchange the nitrogen for standard atmosphere and remove the body. No muss, no fuss, and no deadly chemicals involved. The condemned won't even know he's dead until he meets his new roomates in hell. The nitrogen can be vented out the roof with no ill effects.

As emotionally satisfying as it may be to make the scum to be executed suffer, it's not necessary and counterproductive.

Again, the fact that there is any controversy over methods of execution is because both sides apparently want the controversy to continue for their own reasons.

[Rebelbase]

Under obamacare the cost of using anesthesiologists in the execution chamber is prohibitive.

[Vigilanteman]

The reason we have capital punishment is precisely because our society values life. You kill an innocent little seven year old girl and the State of Tennessee will kill you right back.

People may actually get the idea that the State of Tennessee respects life.

The main problem with capital punishment is that we don't use it nearly as often as we should to remove garbage like this killer from the planet. However, even occassional clean up is better than none at all.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

I was thinking exactly the same - or CO₂

[Fido969]

[silverleaf]

The 7 year old girl suffered horribly as did her 3 brothers locked in an adjoining room and forced to listen to her death