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Lastly, potassium chloride is inserted in the intravenous line, which stops the prisoner’s heart. The process takes almost an hour and can vary depending on the size of prisoner (Thompson). In 2008, the Supreme Court upheld the use of the lethal injection for the death penalty after it was questioned under the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution as being a “cruel and unusual punishment”.…

From 1977 to 2009, 1,188 people have been executed due to lethal injection. A lethal injection is a concoction of three drugs: sodium thiopental to act as an anesthetic, pancuronium bromide as a paralyzer, and potassium chloride to induce cardiac arrest. Most cases involved the execution of murders. While some Americans may agree with the death penalty, I do not. The death penalty wrongly gives government officials the power to take human lives. Physicians participating in executions, attorney…

among injection drug users, primarily those under the age of thirty (Zibbell et al, 2015). Needle exchange programs have been used as a preventative strategy for reductions in HIV/Hepatitis C transmission among injection drug users. This case study will examine and compare three communities in regards to their practices, successes, and barriers to decreasing HIV/Hepatitis C transmission. Needle exchange is the process of providing clean needles in exchange for dirty needles to injection drug…

amendment being passed, there’s no more execution taking place; however, in 1977, execution resume. Since then Texas had conducted more execution than any other states. There are five methods of execution. The five methods of execution are lethal injections, electrocution, gas chamber, hanging, and firing squad. Out of these five methods of execution, I believe that the electrocution is very inhumane compared to the other four. All of the methods are very inhumane in their own ways, but I…

Introduction The death penalty is one off the premier issues facing not only criminal justice professionals, but every day citizens as well. The purpose of this paper is to examine the death penalty in the United States including ways to carry out and arguments to abolish, the costs involved, and possible alternatives. “In 1972, the Supreme Court declared that under then-existing laws ‘the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty… constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation…

truly follows its legal definition, it is morally justified. Cannibalism must be committed in a time of crisis where one is going to ensure his or her survival to be considered morally justified. If capital punishment follows the protocols of lethal injection, then it is morally justified. A physician-assisted suicide that is wanted by the patient is always morally justified. Killing can be morally justified under certain circumstances because the killing will be done for a legitimate reason,…

or agree this method goes on. Death Sentence over the course of time, there have been five different methods: hanging, lethal injection, lethal gas, fire squad and electric chair. All form of punishment are constitutional and does not defy the eight amendment of “cruel and unusual” . Two forms of execution still being carry out today by each state is the lethal injection and lethal gas. Both methods are different in risk factors, procedures and the development of the most “humane” one.…

He describes there has been a wide range of harm reduction programs that attempt to advocate for injection drug users, due to the fact that HIV is primarily spread through injection drug use in Russia. These campaigns are a drastic change from when they would denied health care and then thrown in and out of prison by the police, Furthermore, Zigon states that state is only adopting human…

Should the United States continue using the death penalty? The death penalty is the execution of a person by the judicial process as a punishment for an offense which is a capital crime or offense ("For and Against"). Many Americans have been known to describe the death penalty as torture and unethical, a lack of morality, or would describe the inmates as "people" who has made a mistake, just as we are. Truth be told, these inmates that has been sentenced to death row are people who deserves it.…

addition, another controversial aspect of the death penalty is the means through which it is performed. Presently, the most popular method in which an execution is conducted is through intravenous administration of a lethal injection. The most common method of lethal injection uses a three-drug combination: an anesthetic, a paralytic…