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Pentobarbital was introduced at the end of 2010 due to a shortage of sodium thiopental, and has since become the primary sedative in lethal injections in the United States. Barbiturates are the same class of drug used in medically assisted suicide.

The typical dose for pancuronium bromide in capital punishment by lethal injection is 0.2 mg/kg and the duration of paralysis is around 4 to 8 hours. Paralysis of respiratory muscles will lead to death in a considerably shorter time. Other drugs in use are tubocurarine chloride and succinylcholine chloride.

The American Medical Association (AMA) believes that a physician's opinion on capital punishment is a personal decision. Since the AMA is founded on preserving life they argue that a doctor should not be a participant in executions in any professional capacity with the exception of certifying death provided that the condemned has been declared dead by another person and relieving the acute suffering of a condemned person while awaiting execution. The AMA however does not have the ability to enforce its prohibition of doctors from participation in lethal injection as it does not have the authority to revoke medical licenses as medical licensing is handled on the state level.

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Death is pronounced after cardiac activity stops.Death usually occurs within seven minutes although due to complications in finding a suitable vein the whole procedure can take up to two hours as was the case with the execution of Christopher Newton on May 24 2007.

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The death penalty is discriminatory. It is often used against the most vulnerable in society including the poor ethnic and religious minorities and people with mental disabilities. Some governments use it to silence their opponents.Where justice systems are flawed and unfair trials rife the risk of executing an innocent person is ever present.
When the death penalty is carried out it is final. Mistakes that are made cannot be unmade. An innocent person may be released from prison for a crime they did not commit but an execution can never be reversed.

I think the death penalty should not be brought to Ireland because it costs a lot of money for the government to do.It is a waste of money to kill people and it’s pointless.
“Revenge is not the answer.The answer lies in reducing violence not causing more death.”