Lethal injection cruel and unusual?
Defense lawyers representing Brown, and fellow death-row inmates Darold Stenson and Jonathan Gentry, argue that the drugs used by the state Department of Corrections for lethal injection could constitute cruel and unusual punishment if they don't work properly. There are also concerns that the drugs are not administered by a physician or a nurse anesthesiologist.
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Now that Washington State has a "death with dignity" law, does the hippocratic oath still apply to the situation? If a doctor can help a person take their own life, It would be resonable to assume they should be able to assist in an exacution to guard against mistakes.