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(118,491 posts)especially because the dosage of midazolam specified in Oklahoma's protocol is much smaller than that used by Florida. Oklahoma has thus far provided no indication that medical professionals were consulted about the method ... "This combination of drugs has been used in a handful of executions in Florida and has raised questions because midazolam is not an anesthetic drug and it is therefore unclear whether it will adequately anesthetize a prisoner prior to the second and third drugs, which will unquestionably cause pain and suffering in an inadequately anesthetized person," Cohen said. She said the protocol "carries a substantial risk that the condemned prisoner will suffer a lingering and torturous death from suffocation, due to the effects of both midazolam and pancuronium bromide" ...
Oklahoma reveals drugs it will use in executions
By Associated Press
Published: 17:45 EST, 1 April 2014
Updated: 17:45 EST, 1 April 2014