Now there's a subject of some interest. And I have some questions about it. Maybe you do, too. First of all, have you ever wondered why they spend the money on the cotton ball and the alcohol to sterilize the needle? And why bother to use a new needle every time? That's an added expense. This whole thing doesn't make any sense to me. Why can't they just keep using the same old dirty needle, time after time. It's not like infection is going to be an issue after five minutes or so.
And secondly, what about the person who has that job? I'm talking about the needle pusher. Are they a regular employee with a cubicle and a computer and a desk and a stapler and paper clips? Or are they on call as needed? If they're a regular salaried employee, we're certainly wasting a lot of taxpayer dollars funding that position. And if that's the case, what the heck do they do the rest of the time when they're not giving lethal injections. That can't take up their whole day. Can it? Certainly not. In fact, between 1977 and 1982 there were a total of 59 death sentences carried out by lethal injection in the United States. That's an average of one per month. And that wouldn't really qualify as a full-time job requiring a lot of multi-tasking.
In fact, we could save a lot of money if we just had the person do the injection themselves. But maybe that would cause some issues with their insurance company if they didn't cover suicide. And speaking of insurance, do the insurance companies have a clause in there policies for that situation? What if you have a really large insurance policy and then you get convicted and sentenced to death? Does the carrier still pay the beneficiary? Hmm. I wonder these things. What do you think?
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