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Condemned inmate Brian Dorsey could face surgery without anaesthesia if vein is elusive (www.nzherald.co.nz)

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Execution protocol in the US state of Missouri allows for “surgery without anaesthesia” if the typical process of finding a suitable vein to inject the lethal drug doesn’t work, lawyers for a death row inmate say in an appeal aimed at sparing his life.

Brian Dorsey, 52, is scheduled for execution on Tuesday for killing his cousin and her husband at their central Missouri home in 2006. His attorneys are seeking clemency from Gov. Mike Parson and have several appeals pending.

A federal court appeal focuses on how Missouri injects the fatal dose of pentobarbital. The written protocol calls for the insertion of primary and secondary intravenous lines. But it offers no guidance on how far the execution team can go to find a suitable vein, leaving open the possibility of an invasive “cutdown procedure,” Dorsey’s attorneys say.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

@NateNate60 I'd rather the few countries that still have it abolished it, but I agree that if they're going to have it, it should be more humane than this.

From the article:

The procedure involves an incision that could be several inches wide and several inches deep. Forceps are used to tear tissue away from a vein that becomes the injection point. “It’s surgery,” said Arin Brenner, a federal public defender and one of the attorneys representing Dorsey. “It would be surgery without anaesthesia.”

[–] NateNate60 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I did read the article. Dear God, just shoot the man. Have some mercy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Agreed, that would be more humane than this. It's not one of the states that allows firing squads though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

reading that made me physically ill