Megan McCracken quoted by AFP, Dec. 21, 2016
“In executions, midazolam is intended to put the prisoner under anesthesia, which it’s not an appropriate drug to do,” Megan McCracken, a leading lethal injection expert at Berkeley Law School, told AFP. “We have seen in several executions that prisoners who are given midazolam subsequently either remain conscious or regain consciousness and struggle, gasp, and show signs of pain and suffering,” she added.