re: #9 Dr Lizardo

In regards to lethal injection, even though in principle, I’m opposed to the death penalty (it’s not a deterrent to criminality and IMHO, it’s a relic of a more barbaric time) my question is instead of this fanciful cocktail of drugs, FFS, can’t they just administer a lethal OD of morphine? I confess I’m not sure as what the actual amount of morphine is necessary to induce cardiopulmonary failure, but I’m pretty sure there has to be a level that would be fatal within minutes to anyone.

That being said, I’m in favor of things like the “99-to-life” sentence for the most abhorrent criminals. And serial killers/mass murderers/spree killers (while monstrous) should be subjected to intensive psychological study in the hope that we can find out what it is that makes them do what they do.

He discusses it in the video - it’s no better. An opioid overdose is not like going to sleep.