Although the article is only a short paragraph, it brought so many thoughts to mind regarding life and death in the prison system. As you see above, it is said that the FDA (food and drug administration) is being sued over execution drugs. They have been allowing state corrections officials to import and use a sedative called sodium thiopental in their execution drug cocktails. Apparently, the drug had not been approved to be used amongst the other drugs in those cocktails. Now, I’m sure these officials go about dealing with inmates in ways we would never think of, but we unknowingly go along with. Yet, the questions I have are: Why would it matter if the drug is approved or not if the end result is death? Does this unapproved drug make dying worse than it should be for a person deserving of death? As I said before, the article is short. Still, a quick skim through it may open up conversation about the quality of life (and death) for inmates that citizens tend to care less about unless they have been in it or know someone in it.
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