NEBRASKA'S FIRST LETHAL INJECTION EXECUTION WILL USE NEW COCKTAIL OF DRUGS, INCLUDING FENTANYL

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Newsweek

BY KASHMIRA GANDER ON 8/7/18 AT 6:49 AM

Officials in Nebraska as set to perform the first execution in the state in two decades using an untried cocktail of drugs.

Carey Dean Moore is scheduled to be executed on August 14 at the Nebraska State Penitentiary at any time between 12:01am and 11:59pm, KETV.com reported.

Moore has been on death row longer than any other prisoner in Nebraska and this is his seventh planned execution date. Moore, however, has no legal challenges pending against his death. He was handed the death penalty for the 1979 murder of Reuel Van Ness, Jr. and Maynard Helgeland, two taxi drivers in Omaha.

The last execution in Nebraska was death by electric chair in 1997. And Moore’s case marks the first time a lethal injection will be used in the state.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/nebraskas-first-lethal-injection-execution-will-feature-cocktail-drugs-never-1060228

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Carey Dean Moore

[pecosbob]

1. Why don't they just use Oxycontin?

Purdue Pharma doesn't seem to have any ethical problem killing tens of thousands of people.

[mr_lebowski]

3. Cause dying by lethal injection isn't supposed to feel good ... (nt)

[mr_lebowski]

2. Fentanyl in it? Well actually that seems mighty generous to me ...

If I was going out by lethal injection and had the choice of what'd be in it, I'd be all 'a lethal amount of feel-good drugs would be optimal, thank you very much'.

[0rganism]

4. when did we decide hanging was inhumane?

hanging, firing squad, guillotine
how is this experimental poisoning in any way more legitimate or humane than any of the three i just mentioned?

[Iggo]

5. Barbarians. (n/t)

[OnlinePoker]

6. Against the death penalty.

However, if they are going to continue this barbaric practice, at least do it while inflicting as little pain as possible. In Canada, we have assisted suicide and the doctors never seem to have an issue getting the drugs to perform these mercies. It is apparently a peaceful passing for those who opt in for that procedure.

[The_jackalope]

9. My late wife died that way last year here in Ottawa

There was NO problem with availability the meds (midazolam, propofol and rocuronium) and her death was completely peaceful. I don't understand the availability problem in the USA, unless the availability is blocked because of the intended end use.

[Jedi Guy]

14. Sorry for your loss, dude(tte).

It's never easy to lose a loved one, but it's at least easier knowing that their transition was painless. If the choice is left to me, that's certainly what I'd prefer.

[Ms. Toad]

16. Many drugs are now blocked in the US, based on intended end use. n/t

[safeinOhio]

7. I'm suggesting....

asphyxiation by nitric oxide, just for laughs.

[The_jackalope]

10. Pure nitrogen or helium would be the gases of choice.

But I get the joke.

[forgotmylogin]

13. How about just lack of oxygen?

I saw a British (I think) documentary about executions where the reporter underwent controlled hypoxia (removing the oxygen from an airtight chamber) and he said he felt "euphoric" and didn't have any idea what was happening. If they'd continued, he would have essentially gone to sleep and died from lack of oxygen feeling no major trauma at all. This is why they instruct people on flights to put on their own oxygen mask before assisting others - a person suffering low oxygen does not realize what's happening and can just go unconscious.

No drugs necessary at all. They can sit in what looks like a normal room and "fall asleep" in front of the TV for good.

[moriah]

11. Unfortunately just one nitrogen and one oxygen atom together don't make for much laughter.

Needs another nitrogen to get the party started. Otherwise it sucks up all available oxygen to form NO2, which is rather toxic in an uncomfortable way.

Retreating back into my corner with my chemistry books now...

[DallasNE]

8. What Is Good For Michael Jackson........

Earlier Nebraska paid a firm in India something like $100,000 for a cocktail to use. They then learned that it was a banned substance and couldn't take delivery. This, then is round 2. They better hope that it goes better than has happened recently in Oklahoma.

[orangecrush]

12. The human species

Is certifiably insane.

[marble falls]

15. Why is the Governor of NE so intent on killing someone?