Aboloshing the Death Penalty....Reason #23950

The BBC reports on a new study that shows executed prisoners, killed by lethal injection, may be paralyzed, but fully concious. They lay there, pinned to their crucifix-like gurney, suffocating. Where is the 'pro-life' movement. Why aren't we 'erring on the side of life'?

The researchers then analysed autopsy data for 49 prisoners who had been executed in Arizona, Georgia. North Carolina and South Carolina.

They found that concentrations of thiopental in the blood were lower than that required for surgery in 43 cases. In 21 of those, the concentrations in prisoners' blood were consistent with them being aware of what was going on.

Writing in the Lancet, the researchers, led by Dr Leonardis Koniaris, said: "We certainly cannot conclude that these inmates were unconscious and insensate.

Of course, this is inhuman. There will be an immediate outcry from the public, Congress will hold an emergency session, people will decry it as cruel, drudging up images of Nazi torturers. It will be a media circus. oops, sorry, that stuff only happens for vegetables in Florida. My bad.