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[–] 7 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Seems more humane to just give her an OD of morphine

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    That's sort of what they tried. They gave her a huge dose x2 of a barbiturate, which would kill in much the same manner. Problem is they missed the vein, x2

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    I believe the companies that own the patents on those types of drugs forbid them from being used for lethal injection. It's why prisons are using weird mixes of drugs they acquire from unknown sources that don't seem to actually work the way they intend.

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