Imagine if they DID “have the facilities” to kill him by firing squad. They’d spend 45 minutes trying to figure out how to load their rifles, kill a few members of the squad by mistake, then proceed to graze this guy a half dozen times if they were lucky. Idaho. Famous potato-heads.
The execution of Thomas Creech scheduled for Wednesday morning was canceled at 11 a.m. Idaho Department of Correction director Josh Tewalt determined the execution could not happen because the medical team could not establish an IV line.
In a news conference, Tewalt said the medical team did a physical assessment of Creech this morning and believed they would be able to establish IV access. When Creech was in the execution room, Tewalt said the team tried eight times through multiple limbs and appendages to establish that access.
Witnesses from news media said the medical team began trying to get IV access at 10:13 a.m. and it went on for around 45 minutes.
Idaho law allows for execution by lethal injection and firing squad, but Tewalt said the state does not have the facilities to carry out a firing squad style execution at this time.
Creech has been returned to his cell in the F block. Tewalt said that they will allow the death warrant to expire and there is currently no idea for a time frame or next steps moving forward in regards to the execution and death warrant, but that will be discussed in the days ahead.
I think carbon dioxide and maybe carbon monoxide poisoning are generally pretty painless. High levels of either generally result in unconsciousness fairly quickly, and you’ll die without knowing it.
So the best way to go would probably be to just fill the cell with carbon dioxide while the prisoner sleeps. No pain, no uncomfortable anticipation, no suffering.
I’m completely against the death penalty as well, but I think I’d rather go that way than go through the traditional process.
Carbon dioxide is not the answer.
When you can’t breathe, the panicked feeling and the discomfort you feel aren’t from a lack of oxygen, but rather from an excess build up of carbon dioxide. There are plenty of other gasses that just make you feel light headed and fall unconscious without your body recognizing what’s happening, but CO2 is not one of them.
Really? I’ve always heard the car tailpipe “trick” was one of the least painful ways to go, and I figured that was from CO2. But maybe it’s other gasses in exhaust? Or maybe I’m mistaken?
Either way, my point is gas poisoning while sleeping is probably the most painless way to go. I’m no expert on side effects of various gasses, so perhaps there’s a better one to go for.
Car exhaust, unless I’m mistaken, contains carbon monoxide, not carbon dioxide. CO is painless; CO2 building up in your blood is what triggers the panicked breath reflex we associate with asphyxiation.
Ah, my mistake. Thanks for the correction.