Question

Do you believe that death by lethal injection is humane based on what you learned in this chapter?

A. Yes

B. No

Please explain why in 200 words or less,

Answer 1

Yes, I believe that death by lethal injection is humane because Lots of people suffer from chronic diseases that affect them psychologically, physiologically, socially etc. So, they keep themselves away or others keep them away. It’s a painful journey not only for the one who is affected but also to the family members who has to spend lots of time, energy, money thus losing their part of the life as well. Death by lethal injection is administered mostly for people who are sentenced to death and people who wish to end their lives because of chronic incurable disease. It takes approximately 7 minutes for a person to die with lethal injection but it takes nearly two hours for the whole process to complete.

If the patient wishes to die rather than live in pain, they have got all the rights to do that because keeping them alive and making them suffer in pain is more inhumane than giving them an opportunity to end their lives prepared and gracefully. This will make sure that individual’s right to live and die is respected but the doctors should also confirm that the person cannot be cured and keeping them alive is not going to do anything other than suffering.