Trial-and-error for lethal injection, critics say
July 25, 2014
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ST. LOUIS (AP) - The nation's third botched execution in six months offers more evidence for the courts that lethal injection carries too many risks and amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, death-row lawyers and other opponents said Thursday.
Death-penalty opponents say an inmate who gasped for breath for more than 90 minutes showed that executions using different drugs and dosages are a callous trial-and-error process. The result: Every few months, a prisoner gasps, chokes and takes an unusually long time to die.
"These executions are experiments on human subjects," said Cheryl Pilate, an attorney for several death-row inmates. "The potential for things to go wrong is almost unlimited."
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"These executions are experiments on human subjects," said Cheryl Pilate, an attorney for several death-row inmates. "The potential for things to go wrong is almost unlimited."
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