Is a humane and painless execution method possible, and if so, would death penalty proponents support its use? Or is pain the whole idea? Examining what many see as the cruelty of current procedures, this program searches for a viable alternative. Experts in the death business - retired executioners, toxicologists, biomechanics specialists, and others - explain disturbing flaws in the use of electrocution, hanging, lethal injection, and the gas chamber. Whether or not physicians should take part in executions is also discussed. The film presents a low-cost killing method that would induce euphoria - but this horrifies a prominent death penalty lobbyist because offenders wouldn't suffer. A BBC Production.

Films Media Group

Executions and executioners, Lethal injection (Execution), Electrocution, Hanging, Anoxemia, Capital punishment, Society

Portillo, Michael (Host), McGann, Paul (Narrator), BBC Active (Firm), BBC Education & Training, Optomen Television (Firm), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

00:49:41 (HH:MM:SS)

English

Higher education

Name	Films Media Group (Firm)
Role	Publisher
Telephone	800-257-5126
Address	200 Metro Blvd., Suite 124, Hamilton, NJ 08619
Email	[email protected]

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