MGP #2 Interview: Supreme Court Review Lethal Injections Teakell Interview

This interview goes back to my very first article. The "cocktail" lethal injection, as I expected, is being reviewed by the Supreme Court. In my first article, which was about Dennis McGuire, "would there be trouble behind this 'cocktail' injection?" was the main question that wandered in everyone's mind. Obviously, it roamed the Supreme Court's as well. In that article, it was said that the people witnessed McGuire gasping for air and that it looked as if he was in pain: BIG PROBLEM. Gasping and looking to be in pain causes worry that there is indeed pain. Testing the cocktail on an animal would be cruel too, so what now? It seems to me that either way, testing a new drug will cause controversy, whether the testing is on a human or on an animal. Why not continue using the old drug? Why not convert back to the electric chair? The electric chair is what some states have considered, and bring back the chair could cause even more controversy. I think this is the beginning of a LONG debate on how executions should be handled. How will this entire debate turn out, though? We can only wait and see.




Work Cited:   Townson, Sparta K. "Supreme Court Review Lethal Injections Teakell Interview."YouTube. YouTube, 13 Feb. 2014. Web. 26 Feb. 2014.