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That's the title of an article in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.  It's the transcript of a roundtable discusion on lethal injection.  The online version also has video and an interactive chart at this LINK.On January 14, 2008, the Journal hosted a roundtable discussion of   the issues raised by Baze v. Rees, a Supreme Court case about whether   the three-drug protocol used in lethal injection causes unnecessary pain and   suffering and violates the Constitutional ban on cruel and unusual   punishment. Moderator Atul Gawande, surgeon and associate professor at Harvard Medical   School and the Harvard School of Public Health, was joined by Deborah Denno,   professor of law at Fordham University; Robert Truog, professor of medical   ethics, anesthesiology, and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School; and David   Waisel, associate professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, in a   conversation about lethal injection, the current protocol, possible   alternatives, and the role of health care professionals in putting convicted   criminals to death...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).