This would make a fine replacement for lethal injection, minus the chute.

> ... are we back in the 1800's now??

Even during lethal injections in the USA, the executioners wear suits to completely obscure their identity.

not quite an air embolism, remy ... the technician would have actually had to inject air into his artery, which he failed to hit.

the single air bubble killer is just a myth anyway ... it would take a large bolus of air into the bloodstream to actually interrupt the flow of blood in the heart to kill someone ... mmhmm ... yeah!

basically, the person administering this lethal injection did not check for placement before actually injecting the drugs ... i can't see how they would miss doing that, since it becomes second nature to drawback on the syringe, but ... if this was any other person, the most common problems they would have suffered from this miss hit are usually an abscess or cellulitis.

interesting subject though!