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Lethal injection is a form of the death penalty. Throughout the years the death penalty has been performed through hanging, electrocution, and the gas chamber.
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Is Euthanasia the same as lethal injection?
Yes.
When they put my dog to sleep they used an overdose of a barbiturate Why don't they use that for lethal injection on death row?
i doubt it would have the same affect on a human
Does New Hampshire have death penalty?
No. The New York Supreme Court declared part of the state capital punishment statute unconstitutional in 2004, and upheld their decision in 2007. The New York legislature has not acted to reinstate the penalty or amend the law.
How lethal injection works?
A lethal injection is exactly what it's name is. It's a lethal dose of a harmful drug or something along the same line. An overdose of a certain drug can also be called a lethal injection. The lethal injection is injected into the arm or where ever on the person and there is so much of that drug (or it's poison) that it causes your heart to stop beating and you die.
Sentence for the word lethal?
I'm lethal to ciggarett smoke "She was fatally injured due to a lethal stab to the chest" "She didn't know she had an allergy so consumption was lethal" "He was sentenced to lethal injection"
What are the cruelest death penalties in the US?
Lethal injection, electric chair and firing squad are the only methods of administering the death penalty in the USA, The firing squad option is only available in one state in this case the condemned is given the option of Lethal Injection or Firing Squad, with the firing quad the condemned would ware a jumper with a target on the heart, 2 executioners would be behind a curtain and aim a rifle at the target both would be given the order to fire at the same time, one rifle would have the bullet in and one would have a blank in (not quite sure why they do it like that thou).
Do gay people receive the death penalty?
Only if they are convicted of a crime that warrants the death penalty, such as murder (the same as straight people).
Is the Death Penalty the same as Capital Punishment?
yes it is exactly the same
Does inuire and lethal mean the same thing?
inure: to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc lethal: of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; fatal
Should the death penalty be banned?
The decision to ban the death penalty is a complex and controversial issue. Some argue that it is a violation of human rights and that there is a risk of executing innocent individuals. Others believe it serves as a deterrent to serious crimes and provides a sense of justice for victims and their families. Ultimately, the debate continues as different countries and states make their own decisions on whether or not to abolish the death penalty.
If in a slaughter house where animals are killed for food we claim to kill them humanly then why dont we kill humans in the same manner that face the death penalty shocked throats cut?
Good question. Our constitution (8th Amendment) guards against "cruel and unusual" punishment, and there those who say that the death penalty itself is cruel and unusual, even though the death penalty was applied even at the time the Constitution was ratified. There is an interesting history of the death penalty in the US at: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/history-death-penalty According to the site, today a majority of states authorize lethal injection as a method of execution. While the method is supposed to be virtually "painless" because it is supposed to begin with anesthetic, there are instances of "botched" executions where the painful portions are administered first or not enough anesthetic is administered. You mention throats cut or shocks. At one time compared to other methods those may have been considered relatively humane. Today that is questionable. But lethal injection would not seem to be a preferred method for animals we intend to eat; the chemicals would wind up in us and that doesn't seem very good. And the stun or shock method can miss too - and then the animal may suffer as well. It is difficult if not impossible to know what is most painful, since one one is dead the ability to report pain ceases to exist. Only when there is a "botched" execution do we have evidence of pain. As long as we execute people whom we consider so unworthy of continued life will we struggle with this issue. I am not advocating one way or the other, just that it appears there is no "fool proof" method.
Why does the state perform autopsy on executed criminal?
For the same reason they use a sterilized needle for the lethal injection. It is protocol. Actually it's mainly to determine cause of death, from which other conclusions can be drawn, such as the likelihood the victim suffered pain. An autopsy would provide evidence if an execution had been botched, or if the cause of death was something other than that described (e.g. lethal Injection causes death by Respiratory & Cardiac Arrest). While many argue that capital punishment is cruel and unusual, the current position is that it is legal in the US for certain crimes, but the US Constitution outlaws cruel and unusual punishment. Autopsies of executed criminals provide evidence in this debate, and are important procedures.
