All 32 states use the lethal injection method. A needle is put into the inmate, usually in the arm, in a vein. The first step is a saline solution. A curtain is then raised so a witness can watch. Sodium thiopental is injected which puts the inmate to sleep. Pavulon (pancuronium bromide) is injected and paralyzes the muscles and stops the breathing. Lastly is potassium chloride, which stops the heart. Death results while the inmate is unconscious (“Descriptions”). Many reasons exist why the death penalty should be abolished. The death penalty is flawed. The three-drug lethal injection is difficult to obtain because pharmacies are refusing to sell them. States that that have the death penalty use a process using one, two, or even three drugs (“Capital”). Although, sometimes these drugs do not work quickly and efficiently. There are questions about the humaneness of these lethal injections. Dennis McGuire, while gasping for air over and over, took a total of 26 minutes to die. Michael Lee Wilson’s last words were that he felt his whole body burning
All 32 states use the lethal injection method. A needle is put into the inmate, usually in the arm, in a vein. The first step is a saline solution. A curtain is then raised so a witness can watch. Sodium thiopental is injected which puts the inmate to sleep. Pavulon (pancuronium bromide) is injected and paralyzes the muscles and stops the breathing. Lastly is potassium chloride, which stops the heart. Death results while the inmate is unconscious (“Descriptions”). Many reasons exist why the death penalty should be abolished. The death penalty is flawed. The three-drug lethal injection is difficult to obtain because pharmacies are refusing to sell them. States that that have the death penalty use a process using one, two, or even three drugs (“Capital”). Although, sometimes these drugs do not work quickly and efficiently. There are questions about the humaneness of these lethal injections. Dennis McGuire, while gasping for air over and over, took a total of 26 minutes to die. Michael Lee Wilson’s last words were that he felt his whole body burning