How Death Penalty Opponents Share the Blame for Botched Executions
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TL;DR
- Christa Pike's execution was reportedly "botched" due to difficulty in establishing IV access for lethal injection.
- The author contends that death penalty opponents share blame for the failures in executions.
- Lobbying efforts by abolitionists have limited the availability of trained medical personnel and suitable drugs for executions.
- While euthanasia is performed with medical professionals and optimal drugs, executions in America bar doctors' participation.
- The author believes death penalty opposition is honorable but criticizes opponents for engaging in bad faith tactics that create problems they then use to argue against capital punishment.