by APFLI | Oct 2, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Perhaps you have heard about the execution within the past week of Kelly Renee Gissendaner, who had been the only woman on death row in Georgia. Did you know that the drug she received – pentobarbital – is one of the drugs commonly used in doctor-assisted suicides?...
by APFLI | May 29, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A flood of lawsuits challenging lethal injection as cruel and unusual has stalled executions in some states and may prompt others to abandon them. And a Supreme Court ruling last week made it easier for death-row prisoners to file such suits. At the core of the issue...
by APFLI | May 13, 2015 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Comment: If death penalty opponents are so critical of the drugs used in lethal injection executions because of the length of time and suffering involved, why don’t they just ask the assisted suicide supporters for their alleged “humane” drug regimen? One likely...
