What is the thanatron?
- What is the thanatron?
It is, essentially, an automated drip hooked up to an intravenous needle, similar to the popular lethal injection method of execution. Starting with a saline solution, the patient triggers an injection of a potent sedative, sodium thiopental, to put themselves to sleep.
- What did Jack Kevorkian do with the bodies?
Dr. Jack Kevorkian attended his 25th suicide early today, but in a new twist, the body was left in the back seat of a car in a doctors' parking lot outside the emergency room of one of Michigan's largest hospitals.