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Current issues involving lethal injection

机译：当前涉及致命注射的问题

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Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976 by the Supreme Court in Gregg v. Georgia, over 83% of those executed have been put to death by means of lethal injection, which is intended to be more humane than other methods of capital punishment. The prevailing lethal injection procedure has been challenged by the contention that the first drug does not adequately anesthetize the condemned prisoner in the three-drug sequence. Because the first drug, the sedative, may not function as intended, the second and third drugs may result in excruciating pain to the prisoner. The US Supreme Court, in Baze v. Rees (2008) has held that because this process is not intended to cause unnecessary pain and suffering, it is not 'objectively intolerable' and is not a violation of the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. However, the Eighth Amendment is only a minimum standard. The court observed that states have been changing and revising execution methods for well over a century and expected that they would continue to do so without a Supreme Court mandate. The states should exercise their Constitutional duty and address and resolve the issues raised by Baze.
机译：自1976年最高法院在Gregg诉佐治亚州恢复死刑以来，已执行死刑的人中有83％以上是通过注射死刑而被处死的，这比其他死刑方法更人道。目前流行的致死注射程序受到以下争执的挑战，即第一药在三药顺序中不能充分麻醉被判刑的囚犯。由于第一种药物（镇静剂）可能无法发挥预期的作用，因此第二种和第三种药物可能会给囚犯带来极大的痛苦。美国最高法院在Baze诉Rees（2008）一案中裁定，由于该程序并非旨在造成不必要的痛苦和痛苦，因此它不是“客观上不能容忍的”，并且不违反《第八修正案》禁止残酷和不寻常的规定。惩罚。但是，第八修正案只是最低标准。法院指出，各州在一个多世纪以来一直在改变和修订执行方法，并希望它们在没有最高法院授权的情况下继续这样做。各州应履行其宪法义务，并解决和解决Baze提出的问题。

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