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« Reply #15 on: 10:01:03, 07-08-2008 »
Quote from: Turfan Fragment on 17:57:18, 06-08-2008
Quote from: ...trj... on 13:37:12, 06-08-2008
I half-watched a documentary years ago about lethal injections - IIRC the complexity of the injections used was to do with finding something absolutely foolproof, as well as relatively painless.
You mean painless-looking. The first injection is to disable the muscular system so the patient does not writhe around.

Ah, I see. <grim horror emoticon>
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« Reply #16 on: 10:22:19, 07-08-2008 »
Someone I know very bravely went out to Texas a few years ago to visit a man due to be executed with whom she and I had been corresponding.

She phoned up the Texas prison to find when she could visit him.  She was told only for a limited period, but on the day before execution, there was no time limit.

She said it was more appropriate for close relatives and friends to be with him on the last day.

The woman in the office at the prison said "But I wanted you to know that offer was available."  She probably said "You're welcome.  Have a nice day" at the end of the call.

(The man was reprieved at the last moment.  After a year there was an appeal on the grounds of his diminished responsibility.  He is still waiting the outcome after a couple more years.)
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« Reply #17 on: 12:20:31, 07-08-2008 »
Quote from: Turfan Fragment on 17:57:18, 06-08-2008
Quote from: ...trj... on 13:37:12, 06-08-2008
I half-watched a documentary years ago about lethal injections - IIRC the complexity of the injections used was to do with finding something absolutely foolproof, as well as relatively painless.
You mean painless-looking. The first injection is to disable the muscular system so the patient does not writhe around.
I thought those were involuntary muscle contractions blah blah blah the person's been well-and-truly anesthetized by that stage.
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