QUESTION = Why do we use gas, electricity, and chemical injections for executions when a noose and firing squads are proven effective and **WAY** cheaper?

GENERATION = Gas and electric are much more efficient than the alternatives. There are no known chemical and biological processes that are more efficient than the alternatives. It is the same reason that the gas and electric are so much more expensive than the alternatives. The government is willing to pay the extra price for the convenience of the execution. The alternative is a very expensive and painful death, and that is a choice many people would rather not make. Also, the government is willing to take the time and expense to make sure that the prisoner receives a proper execution. This is especially true of the American prison system. Many states have mandatory death penalty, and there are many more states that have not. This is also why many countries have laws requiring the death penalty to be carried out immediately after the prisoner is sentenced. The death penalty is the only method of execution that is "immediately after the sentence is rendered." If you were to wait until the execution is carried out, it would be far more expensive and painful than the alternatives. The death penalty is also the only method that is "immediately after the prisoner is sentenced." There is no other method that is "immediately after the sentence is rendered." This is why many countries have mandatory death penalty, and why many states have death penalty laws. 

RETRIEVAL #0 = Execution by shooting---by firing squad BULLET::::- Execution-style murder BULLET::::- Use of capital punishment by nation BULLET::::- Bullet fee Section::::References. Section::::References.:Sources. BULLET::::- Zelitch, Judah. "Soviet Administration of Criminal Law". University of Pennsylvania Press, 1931. Section::::External links. BULLET::::- Method of Execution: A Stark Tradition "The New York Times", September 30, 2006 

RETRIEVAL #1 = Lethal injection---addition to other existing execution methods. In 2016, Pfizer joined over 20 American and European pharmaceutical manufacturers that had previously blocked the sale of their drugs for use in lethal injections, effectively closing the open market for FDA-approved manufacturers for any potential lethal execution drug. In the execution of Carey Dean Moore on August 14, 2018, the State of Nebraska used a novel drug cocktail comprising diazepam, fentanyl, cisatracurium, and potassium chloride, over the strong objections of the German pharmaceutical company Fresenius Kabi. Section::::Procedure. Section::::Procedure.:Procedure in U.S. executions. In the United States, the typical lethal injection begins with the condemned person being strapped onto a gurney; two intravenous cannulas ("IVs") are then inserted, one in each arm. Only one is necessary to carry out the execution; the other is reserved as a backup in the event the primary line fails. A line leading from the IV line in an adjacent room is attached to the prisoner's IV and secured so that the line does not snap during the injections. The arm of the condemned person is swabbed with alcohol before the cannula is inserted. The needles and equipment used are sterilized. Questions have been raised about why these precautions against infection are performed despite the purpose 

RETRIEVAL #2 = Lethal injection---believe that the drug may decrease muscular fasciculations when the potassium is given, but this has yet to be proven. Section::::Controversy.:Stockpiling of drugs. A 2017 study found that four U.S. states that allow capital punishment are stockpiling lethal injection drugs that are in short supply and are needed for life-saving medical procedures. Section::::See also. BULLET::::- Capital punishment by country BULLET::::- Drug injection BULLET::::- Execution methods BULLET::::- Execution chamber BULLET::::- Euthanasia BULLET::::- List of people executed by lethal injection Section::::External links. BULLET::::- Death Penalty Worldwide, by Cornell Law School – Academic database on every death penalty country in the world BULLET::::- Lethalinjection.org, by UC Berkeley School of Law – Web-based information clearinghouse on lethal injection 

RETRIEVAL #3 = Lethal injection---lethal injection)". From December 21, 2011, the European Union extended trade restrictions to prevent the export of certain medicinal products for capital punishment, stating, "The Union disapproves of capital punishment in all circumstances and works towards its universal abolition". Section::::Controversy.:Support. Section::::Controversy.:Support.:Commonality. The combination of a barbiturate induction agent and a nondepolarizing paralytic agent is used in thousands of anesthetics every day. Supporters of the death penalty argue that unless anesthesiologists have been wrong for the last 40 years, the use of pentothal and pancuronium is safe and effective. In fact, potassium is given in heart bypass surgery to induce cardioplegia. Therefore, the combination of these three drugs is still in use today. Supporters of the death penalty speculate that the designers of the lethal-injection protocols intentionally used the same drugs as used in everyday surgery to avoid controversy. The only modification is that a massive coma-inducing dose of barbiturates is given. In addition, similar protocols have been used in countries that support euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide. Section::::Controversy.:Support.:Anesthesia awareness. Thiopental is a rapid and effective drug for inducing unconsciousness, since it causes loss of consciousness upon a single circulation through the brain due to its 

RETRIEVAL #4 = Crime in Indonesia---is available and very frequently used, as a deterrent against crime. They say that this gives the firing squad some practice. This has raised concerns from bodies like Amnesty International. 

RETRIEVAL #5 = Lethal injection---the drugs to U.S. prisons performing lethal injections and required all resellers to do the same. Section::::Procedure.:Procedure in Chinese executions. In the past, the People's Republic of China executed prisoners primarily by means of shooting. In recent years, lethal injection has become more common. The specific lethal injection procedures, including the drug or drugs used, are a state secret and not publicly known. In at least some cases, prisoners facing death by lethal injection have been sedated at a prison, then placed inside an execution van that is disguised to look like a regular police van. Lethal injection in China was legalized in 1996. The number of shooting executions slowly decreased; and, in February 2009, the Supreme People's Court ordered the discontinuation of firing squads by the following year under the conclusion that injections were more humane to the prisoner. It has been suggested that the switch is also in response to executions being horrifying to the public. Lethal injections are less expensive than firing squads, with a single dose costing 300 yuan compared to 700 yuan for a shooting execution. Section::::Procedure.:Procedure in Vietnamese executions. Like China, executions in Vietnam were also mainly by means of shooting. The use of lethal injection method was approved by the government in June 2010, adopted in 

RETRIEVAL #6 = Execution by firing squad---1861 Newspaper BULLET::::- The Shot at Dawn Campaign with biographies of executed British and Commonwealth soldiers BULLET::::- Death by Firing Squad – slideshow by "The First Post" BULLET::::- Nazis Meet the Firing Squad – slideshow by "Life magazine"