oklahoma is now used in 31 states that still practice capital punishment. proponents say those steps are designed to make it humane since an execution isn t supposed to include avoidable pain but the problems with the approach are not bureaucratic. they actually raised the more fundamental questions about why the u.s. executes people and whether there is such a thing as a humane or civilized way to kill our own citizens. because if the sedative is ineffective then the later injections cause potential pain and avoidable pain is is not supposed to be a purpose of any execution. the constitution bars torture and cruel punishment. but the supreme court did uphold this three step system in 2015 finding it does not violate the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments. now other justices disagreed not only on what the constitution requires but on the facts of what happens. justice sonia sotomayor writes
states try to break. in fact, the last state to execute two people in one day was oklahoma where witnesses described a harrowing process. 6:37 he says, something s wrong. at 6:39 he s still lifting his shoulders and head off the gurney, grimacing. and appeared to be in distress. so from start to finish, 6:23, if execution started. 6:39 is when they closed the curtains on us. a 16 minute process to watch. that was three months ago this month, guards strapped clayton lockett to the gurney. first he was injected with the sedative and then minutes later a drug to paralyze his body and stop his breathing and then the final dose of potassium chloride which is designed to stop the heart from beating. that is instructive because this three step system developed by
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