The moon-suit approach to hiding executioners’ identity
As detailed in this AP article and this DPIC item, “[w]hen an inmate receives a lethal injection in Florida, a man in a purple moon suit leans over to listen for a heartbeat and feel for a pulse as witnesses watch and wait.” Why, you ask?:
The man is a doctor and the attire shields his identity — not just from the prisoner’s family and friends, but from the American Medical Association. Its code of ethics bars members from participating in executions, as do those of the American Nurses Association, the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Florida Medical Association.
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