Why is a paralyzing agent used in lethal injection?

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So I can understand a drug to knock a person out and then a drug to kill them, but then why a drug in-between to also paralyze them?

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If you were actually five, I don’t know if there is a good way to explain it, but here’s an attempt

Capital punishment can be quite unpleasant, no matter how you do it, and it is done in front of people, so we found a way to make it look better, for the viewers, even if it isn’t any better for the person

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