アメリカで死刑執行薬が不足しているのはなぜか？｜The Global Storyポッドキャスト

このBBCニュースの動画は、The Global Storyポッドキャストから提供されたもので、米国の刑務所が致死注射の薬剤を入手しにくくなっている理由を取り上げています。テネシー州で行われたクリスタ・パイクの死刑執行が計画通りに進まなかったことに触れています。司会のトリスタン・レドマンと調査報道記者のリヴィ・ヘイドックが、薬剤供給の制限がもたらす影響について話し合います。また、欧州の製薬会社が米国での死刑執行向けの供給を止めた経緯も説明されています。

• クリスタ・パイクの死刑執行はテネシー州で計画通りに進まなかった
• 欧州の製薬会社が米国への死刑執行薬の供給を停止した
• 刑務所は代替策を取らざるを得ず、懸念される結果を招いている

Last week, Tennessee attempted to carry out the execution of Christa Pike, a convicted murderer who had spent three decades on death row. But the execution did not go as planned: After she was injected with two lethal doses of pentobarbital, Pike remained alive. She was then taken to hospital by ambulance. This isn’t the first time an American execution hasn’t gone as planned. One reason is that the drugs needed for lethal injection have become increasingly difficult for US prison officials to obtain. Pharmaceutical companies don’t want their medicines used in executions — particularly manufacturers in Europe, where governments have opposed the death penalty for decades. So, without access to regulated drugs, American prisons have had to improvise — sometimes with horrifying results. The Global Story’s Tristan Redman speaks with investigative reporter Livvy Haydock about the consequences when the pharmaceutical supply chain refuses to feed the machinery of American executions. Listen to Livvy’s podcast, Killing Death Row: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m001rjdp Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news 00:00 Introduction 00:38 How a lethal injection is supposed to work 05:05 What went wrong in Christa Pike’s execution 07:16 Why America is struggling to get execution drugs 09:00 The drugs used in lethal injections 10:15 Why European drugmakers stopped supplying the US 12:38 America’s secret hunt for execution drugs 14:47 What happens when execution drugs expire 15:07 The London chemist supplying America 16:58 How the drug shortage can cause botched executions 17:30 Are lethal injections causing suffering? 19:05 Why the US can’t simply make its own execution drugs 21:21 Could prisons start making their own drugs? 21:46 Why Europe rejects the death penalty 22:32 Why Americans still support executions 23:17 When executions fail victims’ families #ChristaPike #Deathrow #Tennessee #BBCNews