An important investigation from @ailsachang @noahgcr, who reviewed 200+ autopsies of executed individuals and found the majority showed signed of pulmonary edema at death.
npr.org/2020/09/21/793…
"The findings come at a time when death penalty states are already facing scrutiny over drug shortages, untrained execution personnel and a series of high-profile botched executions."
The piece also mentions the use of paralytics in state execution protocols (a paralytic is Alabama's 2nd drug in a 3-drug cocktail) and the medical necessity of that. I wrote a little about that in 2018 montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/loc…
Alabama was facing a federal lawsuit over its lethal injection protocol until the Legislature approved a new form of execution: death by nitrogen hypoxia. The new option effectively resolved the lawsuit. montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/cri… via @MGMAdvertiser
Proponents argue it is a more "humane" method of execution. (The same argument, beat-for-beat, some had for adopting lethal injection.) But it's an entirely theoretical method at this point, and its adoption was chaotic on Alabama's death row. montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/cri…
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