SYSK Selects: Is lethal injection humane?

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SYSK Selects: Is lethal injection humane?

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Oct 6, 2018

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Since the Supreme Court's ban on capital punishment was reversed, states have sought a humane method of killing sentenced criminals. They settled on lethal injection, but is this quasi-medical means of killing as quick and painless as we think? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Oct 6, 2018

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