Pancuronium

Evolution of Execution Throughout history, the use of power has changed and is inhibited by stricter law. Nonetheless, power still remains to be misused and can corrupt society; however, the implementation of laws, restrictions, and more just practices allows for the world to be a better, more humane place. Looking back at times of absolutists and ultimate power, the extent of their actions and power made it terrifying for everyday citizens. Not only did this high power obtain more money and…

Is Capital Punishment Justified? Capital punishment, most commonly referred to as the death penalty, is the punishment of execution which happens to somebody who is convicted of a capital crime. The death penalty is usually administered to people who have been convicted of murder and similar capital crimes. Capital crimes are crimes like murder or the betrayal of one's country. Because an execution is the killing of a human being, some people find the fact that capital punishment exists to be…

methods used for execution. Lethal injection is the most commonly used in all the states that approve the death penalty. Lethal injection uses a combination of three drugs: sodium thiopental or sodium pentothal (leaves the prisoner unconscious), pancuronium bromide (muscle relaxant that paralyzes the diaphragm and lungs), and the third drug is potassium chloride (causes cardiac arrest). Each chemical is deadly with a certain proportion used. Electrocution uses a wooden chair with restraints, a…

In 1984, Romell Broom was sentenced to death because of kidnapping, raping, and then murdering a 14 year old girl. He was sentenced to death by lethal injection, and the execution attempt didn't happen until 2009. He was then injected at least 18 times before the execution attempt was stopped by the governor. Broom said that the pain was so bad he cried and screamed. His lawyers argued that he should be taken off death row, but he was left on death row (Jabali-Nash). The death penalty…

Romell Broom endured multiple injection attempts when executioners tried to find a suitable vein in his arms or legs. Eventually, “At one point, he covered his face with both hands and appeared to be sobbing, his stomach heaving” (Johnson). Since no physicians were present at the time of his execution, no one could provide the executioners the medical guidance to killing Broom more effectively and painlessly. Other patients can similarly suffer if medical personnel do not supervise such…

process. First the team will inject sodium thiopental, which send the inmate into a deep sleep so they don’t feel any pain. Second they inject a saline solution to flush out the intravenous line (how lethal injection works). Third they inject Pancuronium bromide, which paralyzes the inmate’s diaphragm and lungs, preventing them from breathing. The team then injects another dose of the saline solution to clear the intravenous lines again, preparing for the final step. The last step includes…

“Anyone who takes another person’s life must be put to death” (Teen Life Application Study Bible, Lev. 24:17). Capital punishment in America can be traced back to the earliest civilizations. Many different methods of execution have been used as capital punishment; five common methods include hanging, electrocution, gas chamber, lethal injection, and firing squads. Hanging was the main method of capital punishment until the 1890s (“Descriptions of Execution Methods”). Hangings were started in…

Capital punishment is defined by the Bureau of Justice Statistics as the process of “sentencing convicted offenders to death for the most serious (capital crimes) and carrying out that sentence.” Some of these capital crimes may include: murder, treason, and terrorism. Capital Punishment had first been seen in United States around 1608, after Captain George Kendall was executed for being a spy for Spain. A law against such heinous crimes came into effect when Virginia Governor, Thomas Dale,…

The ‘golden rule’, treat others as you want to be treated, is embedded into the minds of children starting at the earliest age of cognitive understanding. Thusly, it makes sense to treat those who have committed heinous crimes with the same amount of disregard that they have displayed. In the United States and many other countries, capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a method of punishing these convicts. As a current controversial ‘hot topic’, there are many people who are…

get a lethal injection, there is a three step drug process that they go through. The first drug that they give the inmate in South Carolina is Pentobarbital, which is a drug used to slow down the brain and the Nervous System. Then they give them Pancuronium bromide, which is a muscle relaxer. They give the inmate so much that it stops their breathing, and paralyze their diaphragm and lungs. This only takes one to three minutes before this start to affect the inmate. The last thing they give them…