Oklahoma used runway deicer to execute death sentence.

[DogBoyRy]

FYI, it took this dude like an hour to die. Normally takes like a minute. After they injected the runway deicer into his arm he said it felt like acid was burning his whole body.

This dude was scum and I'm not sorry he's dead but this was amateur hour and those responsible should be punished big time.

Disagree.
I think the OK Attorney General and Gov should come out and say that you might not want to commit a crime that would carry a death penalty since we might get confused on some chemicals. Instead of a quick fairly painless death you might have a little torture.

 

[Hawkeye009]

Disagree.
I think the OK Attorney General and Gov should come out and say that you might not want to commit a crime that would carry a death penalty since we might get confused on some chemicals. Instead of a quick fairly painless death you might have a little torture.

What other parts of the Constitution should we just ignore? Second Amendment rights? First Amendment rights?

 

[DogBoyRy]

What other parts of the Constitution should we just ignore? Second Amendment rights? First Amendment rights?

Not on purpose but mistakes do happen..

 

[joelbc1]

I didn't. Being convicted of something doesn't mean you are guilty. I know you qualified your statement, but, a death penalty has no qualifier.

Obviously not, lucas.
Oklahoma just killed a convicted murderer by "de-icing" him to death. Who'd have thought........When the man gets to the "pearly gates" and St. Pete asks him what happened and the guy says "I was de-iced." ....What is Pete's answer gonna be?

 

[naturalmwa]

Not on purpose but mistakes do happen..

Back tracking?

 

[DogBoyRy]

Back tracking?

Nope. Sarcasm. Embrace it.

 

[Accipiter]

The use of potassium acetate rather than potassium chloride as the final agent to cause cardiac arrhythmia had no adverse effect on his execution; potassium chloride would have caused the same symptoms. Calling potassium acetate a "de-icer" is just sensationalism (potassium chloride is ALSO used as a de-icer- funny they didn't mention that). The issue was that he should have been unconscious when it was administered, but a leaking IV prevented that. It's a very difficult situation when you have somebody who has little experience starting IVs trying to do so under great stress on a person who's very frightened, so vasoconstricted and often has a history of IV drug abuse, with damaged veins. They could execute painlessly, but it would be messy.

 

[22*43*51]

The use of potassium acetate rather than potassium chloride as the final agent to cause cardiac arrhythmia had no adverse effect on his execution; potassium chloride would have caused the same symptoms. Calling potassium acetate a "de-icer" is just sensationalism (potassium chloride is ALSO used as a de-icer- funny they didn't mention that). The issue was that he should have been unconscious when it was administered, but a leaking IV prevented that. It's a very difficult situation when you have somebody who has little experience starting IVs trying to do so under great stress on a person who's very frightened, so vasoconstricted and often has a history of IV drug abuse, with damaged veins. They could execute painlessly, but it would be messy.

Not bad.

 

[CeMar_Clone]

An Oklahoma Execution Done Wrong

Autopsy reports show that the state used potassium acetate instead of potassium chloride in the January lethal injection of Charles Warner.

The Oklahoma governor’s office told The Oklahoman that potassium chloride and potassium acetate are medically indistinguishable for their purposes. Capital defense attorneys argue that the mix-up highlights the secrecy problems surrounding the state’s execution procedures. “We cannot trust Oklahoma to get it right or to tell the truth,” said Dale Baich, a federal public defender who helped represent the death-row inmates in Glossip, in a statement. “The execution logs for Charles Warner say that he was administered potassium chloride, but now the State says potassium acetate was used.”

Potassium acetate can be normally used to treat potassium deficiencies, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Another common use for the chemical is deicing airport runways. In 2009, a U.S. Geological Survey study estimated that two-thirds of U.S. airports that deice their runways used potassium acetate to do so. The USGS study also warned that potassium acetate runoff may cause environmental damage and harm nearby aquatic life.

See what happens when you can not get the real drug because some liberal weenies don't want you to have it.