So Long as They Die - Arthur Rutherford

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So Long as They Die

Lethal Injections in the United States


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Summary

Recommendations

To State and Federal Corrections Agencies

To State Legislators and the U.S. Congress

I. Development of Lethal Injection Protocols

OklahomaTexasTennesseeLethal Injection MachinesPublic Access to Lethal Injection Protocols

II. Lethal Injection Drugs

Potassium ChloridePancuronium BromideSodium ThiopentalThe Failure to Review Protocols

III. Lethal Injection Procedures

Qualifications of Execution TeamChecking the IV EquipmentLevel of Anesthesia Not Monitored

IV. Physician Participation in Executions and Medical Ethics

V. Case Study: Morales v. Hickman

VI. Botched Executions

VII. International Human Rights and U.S. Constitutional Law

International Human Rights LawU.S. Constitutional Law

Appendix A: State Execution Methods

Acknowledgements

April 2006 Volume 18, No. 1(G)