Drug cocktail in US executions deemed ‘too cruel for animals’

RT.com - Some chemicals used to execute death row inmates cause such acute pain that veterinarians in some parts of the US are banned from using them to euthanize animals, a scathing new report by a bipartisan panel of criminal justice experts said.

The 200-plus page report, “Irreversible Error,” by the Constitutional Project, says states should use only one drug, be it a government-approved anesthetic or barbiturate, to carry out lethal injections due to human rights concerns.  Read more.