# Death Penalty & Euthanasia

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 8, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-penalty-euthanasia/733963 "2015-10-08T22:42:24Z")\
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> [@ftg](#):
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> One big difference between pets and prisoners is that many prisoners have abused drugs for years. What might be a knock-out dose for a typical person might only cause mild drowsiness for a hard-core drug user.

If this was the case, wouldn’t we hear about pre-surgery anesthesia for inmates constantly going badly?

> [@cwthree](#):
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> Because execution isn’t actually about ending someone’s life quickly and painlessly. It’s about punishing the criminal and about providing “closure” for the survivors.

Nope. This claim is untrue whatever the manner of execution, unless we’re talking about “breaking on the wheel” (used only in a few states).

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