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I suspect there's very few competent anesthesiologist who would be willing to do lethal injections. Even if they believe in the death penalty the risk to their
by marcinzm 6y ago
I suspect there's very few competent anesthesiologist who would be willing to do lethal injections. Even if they believe in the death penalty the risk to their careers seems not worth the non-existent reward.
- curryst 6y agoMany doctors believe participating in executions is a violation of the Hippocratic Oath. I suspect that you're right. > Even if they believe in the death penalty the risk to their careers seems not worth the non-existent reward. I would presume they pay fairly handsomely, if there are few doctors willing to participate. Even if they payed them $10,000 to do it, there aren't enough executions a year for it to dent the budget. I wonder if that info is public.
- wl 6y agoThe median anesthesiologist in the US earns a little under $400,000/yr. $10,000 is probably not enough to get one risk their career to carry out an execution.