Should We Give the State the Power to Kill?

Criminal defense attorney Beth Borden argues that botched lethal injections are the norm, not the exception, violating the Eighth Amendment. She states that lethal injection is the most botched method of execution, citing cases where Department of Corrections staff miss veins, causing chemical burns. A paralytic drug is often used to mask the inmate’s pain, which Borden describes as feeling like a heart attack and a burning sensation through every nerve.

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