The Unmasking of Lethal Injection's Secret Doctors The botched execution attempt at Riverbend maximum security prison in Nashville, Tennessee, has brought to light a dark secret: Mark Fowler, a 68 year old physician with 25 years of experience, is one of the doctors who participates in lethal injection.
Fowler's involvement has sparked a debate about the ethics of lethal injection. Fowler's case is not an isolated incident.
Corinna Lain's book, Secrets of the Killing State, identifies other physicians like him – "dissenters" willing to bring their medical expertise into the death chamber despite being ethically bound to do no harm.