Jay Chapman (physician)

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Jay Chapman (born between 1939 and 1940)[1] is an American physician and forensic pathologist who, in 1977, created the first three-drug protocol used for lethal injection, the most commonly used form of capital punishment in the United States.[2][3] While Chapman was chief medical examiner for the State of Oklahoma, he was asked by legislator William Wiseman to develop the method.[4][5] In recent years, Chapman has cast doubt on the lethal injection procedure in the United States, specifically with regards to the lack of training required for those administering the drugs and the botched executions that have occurred.[1][4]

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  1. ^ a b Pilkington, Ed (2015-04-29). "'It's problematic': inventor of US lethal injection reveals death penalty doubts". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-09-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Boyer Sagert, Kelly (2007). The 1970s. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. pp. 37–38. ISBN 0-313-33919-8.
  3. ^ Grady, Denise (2006-06-23). "Doctors See Way to Cut Suffering in Executions". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
  4. ^ a b Kutner, Max (2017-05-01). "Lethal injection inventor A. Jay Chapman: "I wish I had never been asked" to create it". Newsweek. Retrieved 2021-09-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Jacquette, Dale (2009). Dialogues on the Ethics of Capital Punishment (New Dialogues in Philosophy). Rowman Littlefield Publishers, Inc. pp. 98–99. ISBN 0-7425-6143-7.
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