Death row inmate chooses death by firing squad rather than lethal injection.

Alex Schadenberg

Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

A few days ago an article that was written by James Liddell and published by the Independent explaining that a death row inmate convicted of the double murder of David and Gladys Larke has chosen to die by firing squad rather than the electric chair or lethal injection.

I must state that I oppose capital punishment.

Liddell explains that Brad Sigmon chose to be executed by firing squad and he rejected execution by electric chair over fears it would “burn and cook him alive,” and he rejected execution by lethal injection because three previous recipients of death by lethal injection in North Carolina were not declared dead for at least 20 minutes despite the expectation it would take a fraction of the time. 

A few days ago I published an article titled: Death by assisted suicide is not what you think it is. The article referred to the presentation I gave at the British parliament where I explained how death by assisted suicide occurs. I told the parliamentarians that:

• In 2023, one Oregon assisted suicide death took 137 hours.
• The assisted suicide poison cocktail causes a burning feeling in your throat,
• Dying by assisted suicide is not simply taking a few pills and then dying. It is more complicated than that.

Link to the video by Dr William Toffler of Oregon on this topic (Link).
Link to the article: Death by assisted suicide is not what you think it is. (Link)
What assisted suicide and the death penalty have in common (Link).