On 25/04/2014 15:53, shazzbat wrote:


"Let It Be" wrote in message ...

David Hill wrote:
On R.4 this morning they were talking about the trouble they are
having in the US of A obtaining drugs to use when they carry out the
death penalty, and they were talking to an advocate for one person
awaiting the death sentence.
He said that they have given up trying to get the sentence repealed,
but he is worried that "some of the drug combinations they might use
could be harmful" I thought that was the purpose of them.
David

Ah, but the condemned might die in agony if the are given the wrong drugs -
and that will never do will it?

Far better to hang 'em, less fuss and more pain!

As I understand it, the first of the drugs injected is an anaesthetic, so
what comes after that doesn't matter much.

The cheapest and quickest way to carry out a judicial killing is to
hang them long drop style. The drop is related to their weight and is
designed to provide enough force to break the neck and sever the
spinal chord without decapitation.
--
Phil Cook