1. The High Cost of Capital Punishment
... chamber, hanging, firing squad, electrocution, or lethal injection (Capital Punishment- Cruel and Unusual"). These methods are all currently used depending on the state. If a prisoner selects the gas chamber, he or she is told to breathe deeply, which is that last thing they usually do. Clifton Duffy, a former penitentiary warden observed a gas chamber execution and reported " ... that, pancuronium bromide is sent through the tube and into the prisoner's body. This paralyzes his or her muscles and respiratory system. Once that is finished, potassium chloride is passed through the tube w...
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