Re: California's death row, with no executions in sight, runs out of room

Siri Cruz <[email protected]> posted some
news:[email protected]: 

> In article <[email protected]>, "Wayne"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> And I don't understand all these "cruel and inhumane" complaints
>> about lethal injections.
>> 
>> Just give the perp one of the usual general anesthetics, then have a
>> surgeon 
> 
> That's the idea. They get a general anaesthetic to put them to sleep
> followed by potassium chloride until their heart stops.
> 
> The problem was the salt causes convulsions which upset the observers.
> The prisoner didn't feel anything but the observers got more of a show
> than they wanted.
> 
> So they added a third chemical that causes paralysis to stop the
> convulsion. The problem with that is they could no longer verify
> unconsciousness. Autopsies showed some prisonners were conscious the
> entire time which makes it death by slow torture which is illegal.

Tough shit isn't it?  Why should a violent prisoner deserve more 
consideration than those they maimed or killed?  Double the penalty - kill 
them.