re: #159 Unshaken Defiance

One state permits execution with opioids: Ohio …

In 2009, Ohio approved the use of an intramuscular injection of 500 mg of hydromorphone (a 333-fold overdose for an opioid-naïve patient of this narcotic analgesic closely related to and five times stronger than morphine; this is the equivalent of an entire 50-ml bottle of Dilaudid HP, the most powerful commercially available form, although the advantage of hydromorphone is its very high solubility allowing for solutions of almost arbitrary concentration; 500 mg of hydromorphone HCl as pure powder can be dissolved in isotonic saline in volumes as small as under 2 cc) and a supratherapeutic dose of midazolam as a backup means of carrying out executions when a suitable vein cannot be found for intravenous injection

en.wikipedia.org

That said, every method of “humane” execution proposed is pretty-much described that way by conservatives to try to win liberals over to the idea. Conservatives don’t seem to get that liberals are opposed to the concept, not the method.

When Nebraska was mulling repeal of the death penalty, my wife wrote to our state senator arguing for abolition (and she’s hardly a liberal) for fiscal reasons. Ultimately, the Unicameral passed the bill, Gov. Heineman vetoed it, the Unicameral overrode the veto.

Then our new hedge-fund governor Pete Ricketts financed the referendum to abolish the bill, using the typical tried-and-true method to drive conservatives to the polls: Fear.

People will break out of prison and murder your babies and daughters!!!