After reading a recent blog posted by Anabel last week, I have to say that I unquestionably agree with her. Entitled "The First Use of Pentobarbital on a Texas Inmate," she writes about an inmate who was scheduled for execution by a new drug. This particular drug filled the place of another that there was an apparent shortage of. This inmate, Cary Kerr, not only raped but killed a woman. He argues about having be the first inmate to be injected by this new FDA approved drug, while knowing that this particular drug has not been even been used on pets. According to the article, the new drug is Pentobarbital. This drug, one of the three used during executions, takes the place of sodium thiopental due to shortage.
Anabel writes about how inmate Kerr does not want to volunteer himself to the state for testing of this drug . She makes a very good point when she states how the victim he raped and murdered certainly didn’t volunteer for that to happen to her. How is this any different? He didn’t have sympathy for this woman so why should the state of Texas have sympathy for something that is deemed safe and has already been FDA approved. After reading her article, I learned that Pentobarbital is also used for seizures and preoperative sedation. I feel this inmate does not any valid arguments when it comes to this particular situation. It’s been ten years and his time is up. The world is a better place without murderers walking around in it.
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