vodkaramel

Hi there !

Here is an article frome the NY Times, November 4, 2007 which reads :

Recently, a United States District Court judge in Tennessee ruled that the state had, in fact, violated the Eighth Amendment by disregarding the “substantial risk” that the three-drug cocktail would cause “unnecessary pain.” Those risks could have been addressed by additional safeguards, the judge said, or by switching to a straight no-chaser consisting of an overdose of a single barbiturate, the method recommended by a state study commission.

I cannot grasp the full meaning of the text in bold letters, can anyone give my a hint ?! ^^

Thx

Full article here

The_FD

Hi there

I did not went through the whole article, however I guess it was about death penalty that causes pain to people being killed. The Court said that it could have been avoided thanks to a "straight no-chaser" method. In the saying "Straight no chaser", straight stands for something pure and chaser for a second product that should round out the first one. "no-chaser" is when you don't need the second product.

I guess the saying first refers to drinking : in pub you can ask a straight whiskey and a chaser (Guinness or whatever with less alcohol) to help thereafter.
A straight no-chaser whiskey would be no ice no water whiskey and no chaser after it

I don't know if I have been very clear. If not, do not hesitate to ask a second explanation

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vodkaramel

Well thank you Hopefully I got it now !!