Yeah, that particular thread had kind of a PETA feel to it didn’t it? My point, which wasn’t made clear, was that the injection execution is not perfect. As is noted in my second cite, if one of the ijections, particularly the sodium pentathol ends up in the muscle tissue, or just plain fails to knock you out, you’re in for a rough decent into The Abyss. Personally I don’t care much if a brute feels a minute or two of agony–clearly he has done far worse to someone far less deservng. I just wanted to make clear to those of us who were choosing capital punishment in this little circle jerk understood that execution contains a particle of risk: the rope may be too short and you must strangle; all the shooters may “accidentally” miss your heart and hit your bowel; the gas chamber may function as designed; the sponge may not be wet; the orderly may “accidentally” miss your vein.