• Soviet Snake@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    I recently read that the drug cocktail which is used for death penalties was invented by someone who was not a toxicologist and that produces a quite painful death, this year a mas "died" for 3 hours and his body was all filled with marks afterwards. Not to disagree with what you said, though.

    • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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      8 months ago

      Execution cocktails are very very different from what is given during ethical euthanasia, and they’re genuinely horrific.

      Further, even with euthanasia, a good amount of sedative and a lethal amount of medication varies from person to person with age, race, gender, weight, and so on taking a very important role in the calculations. Doctors during executions have been known to be lax and negligent, sometimes purposeful, sometimes not, but no one cares because the person is slated to die anyways, further the person is meant to be sedated but conscious oftentimes. During euthanasia it is meant to occur under general anesthesia, or full sedation and sleep.