'A violent act in every case': One judge's impossible quest for a humane execution

David Duncan, a meticulous retired judge, led an inquest into Arizona's execution protocols -- until it was subverted by politics

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It would be possible to humanely kill someone by overdosing them with opiates, though that fails the test of capital punishment advocates because it’s too pleasant a way to go out. So what they’re looking for is a way of killing someone that is neutral to mildly unpleasant, but falls short of torture.

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