{"id":5167,"date":"2014-08-06T22:41:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T05:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5167"},"modified":"2018-03-05T22:32:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T06:32:41","slug":"i-was-told-to-approve-a-lethal-injection-but-it-violates-my-basic-medical-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5167","title":{"rendered":"I was told to approve a lethal injection, but it violates my basic medical ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"

We risk botched executions so long as they are conducted in a scientific vacuum and medical professionals operate devoid of any moral compass<\/h2>\n

The Guardian<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Marc Stern<\/p>\n

I peered through the small window of an otherwise solid steel door of the isolation wing of the prison, and saw a small man on his knees in front of his steel framed bed. He had committed many murders and was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Perhaps he was praying. Perhaps he was looking for a pencil. But that\u2019s when it struck me: There might be a punishment worse than execution.<\/p>\n

Other than a maximum of one hour per day when he could be escorted to a recreational cage outdoors, he would spend the next 10, 20, perhaps 30 years of his life in this very room \u2013 eight feet by 10 feet. He would have little contact with other human beings aside from officers and medical professionals. Forging a new friendship or hugging a loved one, if possible at all, would be rare, supervised and not likely spontaneous. His life would be restricted to the same 80 square feet \u2013 forever. . . [Full Text<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n