On Monday, the federal trial over the state's execution protocols will begin. Lawyers for several death row inmates will argue that the state's use of the drug Midazolam creates an "unacceptable risk of serious pain and undue suffering". On top of that, lawyers will try to prove that the state has 3 readily available alternatives to its current lethal injection protocol. The 3 alternative methods for execution the lawyers recommend are as follows: - Removal of paralytic and addition of fentanyl: Using fentanyl as a pre-medication and eliminating vecuronium bromide from the lethal injection cocktail - Barbiturate plus opioid: A single dose of pentobarbital or sodium thiopental, with a predose of an analgesic opioid like fentanyl - Death by firing squad Pentobarbital and sodium thiopental had previously been used by the state in executions, but shortages over the last decade have forced the state to look for other drugs like Midazolam. The shortages of pentobarbital and...
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