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Oklahoma's Lethal Injection Process Not Fit for Animals

By Steve Hall

That's the title of Ty Alper's OpEd from the Oklahoman.  He's associate director of the Death Penalty Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. There's been lots of talk recently about Oklahoma's desire to switch to a drug used in animal euthanasia during its next scheduled execution, due to a national shortage of the drug it usually employs. Predictably, reaction to the state's move has been all over the map.But one key point is getting lost in the shuffle: Even with this change, Oklahoma's lethal injection process is nothing like animal euthanasia. In fact, it would be illegal to euthanize an animal in Oklahoma the way the state intends to execute John Duty on Dec. 16.Keep in mind the proposed switch is to the first drug in Oklahoma's three-drug lethal injection procedure...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 06, 2010 (boomark / email).