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The secrecy of lethal injections in California
And how the needle goes in
Dear Matthew Alice: When they put a criminal to death by lethal injection, do they swab the injection site with alcohol? —Steven R. Finz, Hillcrest
Can’t believe I took this one seriously. Anyway, it’s darned hard to get corrections folks to chat about execution. But from what I can tell, in general, most lethal-injection protocols are carried out by “trained technicians,” not physicians. (The AMA is freaked by the idea of physicians’ participation in executions.) The condemned actually receives three chemicals, and they’re administered through an IV-like machine, not directly by syringe into the arm. Swabbing’s not part of any protocol that I could find. I called San Quentin to get California’s LI protocol but was told the state Attorney General’s office declared it not public information. The AG’s office didn’t remember doing that. They’re talking it over and will get back to me. Aside from your question, the best lethal injection irony comes from Oklahoma, where they recently saved a condemned man from a self-inflicted drug overdose so they could execute him by lethal injection the next day.
Sept. 28 update
Previously, in “Straight from the Hip”... the state Attorney General’s office was trying to remember why they’d told San Quentin not to talk publicly about the protocol for execution by lethal injection. After a little rummaging through the files last week, it all came back to them. They cite the California Public Records Act and say execution protocols, by lethal injection or by gas, are “internal documents” held confidential for the protection of corrections personnel and for security reasons. Lethal injection has been an option in California since 1993, but it’s yet to be used.
Here's something you might be interested in.
The secrecy of lethal injections in California
And how the needle goes in
The secrecy of lethal injections in California
And how the needle goes in
Dear Matthew Alice: When they put a criminal to death by lethal injection, do they swab the injection site with alcohol? —Steven R. Finz, Hillcrest
Can’t believe I took this one seriously. Anyway, it’s darned hard to get corrections folks to chat about execution. But from what I can tell, in general, most lethal-injection protocols are carried out by “trained technicians,” not physicians. (The AMA is freaked by the idea of physicians’ participation in executions.) The condemned actually receives three chemicals, and they’re administered through an IV-like machine, not directly by syringe into the arm. Swabbing’s not part of any protocol that I could find. I called San Quentin to get California’s LI protocol but was told the state Attorney General’s office declared it not public information. The AG’s office didn’t remember doing that. They’re talking it over and will get back to me. Aside from your question, the best lethal injection irony comes from Oklahoma, where they recently saved a condemned man from a self-inflicted drug overdose so they could execute him by lethal injection the next day.
Sept. 28 update
Previously, in “Straight from the Hip”... the state Attorney General’s office was trying to remember why they’d told San Quentin not to talk publicly about the protocol for execution by lethal injection. After a little rummaging through the files last week, it all came back to them. They cite the California Public Records Act and say execution protocols, by lethal injection or by gas, are “internal documents” held confidential for the protection of corrections personnel and for security reasons. Lethal injection has been an option in California since 1993, but it’s yet to be used.
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