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ClusterFreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 05:10 PM
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A death penalty question
Edited on Mon Dec-12-05 05:11 PM by Chimpys_Last_Stand
I ask this sarcastically, but also sincerely...if that makes any sense:

What happens if a death row inmate, on his/her way to the death chamber to have their sentence carried out, suffers a heart attack? Or is befelled by any other life-threatening condition? Are paramedics summoned? Is CPR performed? Is the inmate rushed to hospital...in an effort to save their life....in order to have them killed at the behest of and in the manner dictated by the state?

Just wonderin'.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 05:12 PM
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1. My guess is that unless he was unconscious
they would go ahead and strap him in.
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Nye Bevan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 05:12 PM
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2. I would say yes

based on the fact that before the needle is inserted the skin is wiped with an antiseptic swab. The reason is that until the inmate is actually dead there is always the (even if very remote) possibility of a stay.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 05:14 PM
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3. I think that's true they have to resuscitate them.
Edited on Mon Dec-12-05 05:15 PM by Crazy Guggenheim
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 05:16 PM
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5. Necessitate resuscitate, cogitate try not to hate
Edited on Mon Dec-12-05 05:17 PM by Moochy
Apologies to Bob Dylan & INXS.

on edit oops you fixed your subject line CG :) now my post makes even less sense. :shrug:
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 05:19 PM
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8. Well I finally got it right. We should go to The Lounge and start a rhyme
thread. :popcorn:
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Aretha Donating Member (119 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 05:16 PM
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4. Paramedics are absolutely called in
Oddly enough, he or she has to be healthy enough to execute. He or she has health care rights and the state has responsibilities until the execution is actually carried out.
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ClusterFreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 05:19 PM
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7. That's fucked up.
Edited on Mon Dec-12-05 05:20 PM by Chimpys_Last_Stand
:shrug: ....oh, and welcome to DU!!:hi:
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MsUnderstood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 05:52 PM
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14. wait a minute
Are you saying a person walking down to be executed shouldn't be revived if a health emergency arises?

So what if at 11:30 death row man falls down with heart attack--he is dying. No medics called to resusitate cause he was gonna die anyway. Governor calls at 11:50 and says STOP the execution.

So now the state has failed in its duty to take care of its prisoner.

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ClusterFreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 08:00 PM
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15. Not at all....
I'm simply pointing out the sheer insanity of the death penalty. Hurry up and get his heart going again, he's got a date with the executioner in half an hour. That's what I'm saying.
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 05:18 PM
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6. yes, they revive him, and postpone the execution if necessary.
states insist that the condemned by conscious and alert at the time of execution.
they also are required to provide humane medical care right up until the moment the execution is carried out.

to some it seems absurd to revive the prisoner, to others it points out the absurdity of capital punishment in the first place.

it's the odd juxtaposition of humanity and barbarism that makes the situation seem so peculiar.
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ClusterFreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 05:21 PM
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9. Perfectly stated.
:thumbsup:
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 05:26 PM
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10. Hey, they swab the injection site with alcohol before the execution...
...wouldn't want any infections, you know...
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GrumpyGreg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 05:27 PM
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11. Yep! They save 'em so they can kill 'em. Insanity !
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 05:28 PM
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12. They are put on suicide watch 24 to 48 hours before their execution.
The people who want to kill him don't want to be deprived of it.
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-12-05 05:39 PM
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13. There actually was a case where someone tried to commit suicide,
they resuscitated him so they could execute him.
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