More likely than not, the IV in Christina Pike’s arm was not fully inside her vein, and only a partial dose of the pentobarbital…
What do the electric chair and anesthesiology have in common? The pertinent Venn diagram includes capital punishment, death by lethal injection, electrocution, and anesthesiology ethics.…
On April 29, 2014 CNN reported the story of the botched intravenous lethal injection execution of convicted murderer Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma. The recipe…
On January 16, 2014, the New York Times reported that Dennis McGuire was executed by a lethal injection of midazolam and hydromorphone. McGuire was…
Lethal injection requires someone to administer anesthetic medications in high concentrations, without supporting breathing or cardiac function. This column discusses lethal injection and the…