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Article: Lethal injection may not be pain free, study concludes.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- April 14, 2005
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Byline: Judith Graham
CHICAGO _ Death row inmates who die by lethal injection may commonly experience acute pain, according to a study published Thursday in The Lancet, a prominent British medical journal.
The finding stands in stark contrast to the public's perception that most executions are painless and seems likely to spur further challenges to the death penalty, though some experts questioned the researchers' methods.
Poorly trained corrections staff may not mix or administer drugs properly and end up giving too little anesthetic to inmates being executed, according to the report, prepared by physicians at the University of Miami Miller ...