I. The execution steps of lethal injection:
1. The executioner sticks the needle connected to the syringe pump into the venous blood vessel of the condemned person, exactly the same as the usual intravenous injection. This process requires specialized training for the executioner.
2. The executioner adjusts the syringe pump appropriately, and after the execution call is issued, the executioner presses the injection button on the syringe pump, and the drugs begin to be injected into the condemned prisoner's body. Soon, the brain waves on the computer monitor change from regular fluctuations to several parallel straight lines, and the back-and-forth changes in the brain waves are clearly printed on the paper. This will serve as the main content of the death penalty report.
3. The death of a criminal will be confirmed by a forensic pathologist on the basis of heartbeat, breathing, etc.
The main features of lethal injection:
1. Simple operation. In lethal injection, the only manual operation is the "channeling", i.e., the process of sticking the needle in the vein. To start the injection, you only need to press the "injection button". The rest is computerized.
2, safer, mainly reflected in the safety of drugs. Among them, "efficient safety" is manifested in the injection that requires the execution of the heart to stop forever, there can not be a heartbeat again to restore the situation, so as not to bring great pain to the execution of the person. "Non-toxicity" is reflected in the non-toxicity of the components of the injected drug. In the fast-track lethal injection, the death process takes at most one and a half minutes.
3, no pollution, the disposal of the body will not pollute the environment. The drugs used in the injection do not contain toxins, or at most low-toxicity drugs, so for ethnic minorities with sky burial and water burial practices, the disposal of the body will not cause pollution to animals or the environment. In addition, for death row inmates suffering from infectious diseases such as AIDS, lethal injection reduces the chances of transmission of the virus they carry, which cannot be avoided with execution by firing squad.
4, no pressure, in the past, when the execution of the shooting, the executed person will have a lot of psychological pressure, because the shooting often have to hit the executed person's head or chest, so that his body can not be intact. This will bring mental pressure to the executed person and his family, and lethal injection can avoid this problem.
5, humanization, in the period of slave society, whether it is China's minced meat, abandoned to the market, cannon branding, or ancient Babylonian incineration, drowning, stabbing, or Roman slavery, such as whipping, drowning, flogging, wrestling and other types of punishment, all reflecting the extreme barbarism and cruelty.
Legal Basis: The Chinese People's **** and the State Criminal Procedure Law Article 263 The people's court shall notify the people's procuratorate of the same level to send a member of the scene to supervise the execution of the death penalty before it is carried out. The death penalty is carried out by methods such as firing squad or lethal injection. The death penalty may be carried out in a penal colony or in a designated place of detention. The judge directing the execution shall examine the offender and ask him or her whether he or she has any last words or letters, and then deliver him or her to the executioner for execution. If, before the execution, it is discovered that there may have been a mistake, the execution shall be suspended and reported to the Supreme People's Court for a ruling. The execution shall be publicized and shall not be shown to the public. After the execution is carried out, the clerk present shall write a transcript. The people's court that commits the execution shall report the execution to the Supreme People's Court. After the execution, the people's court shall notify the family of the offender.