Gas-mask maker Dräger joins companies banning products from use in death-penalty supply chain

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Related: Richard Branson says business leaders must join the fight to end 'brutal' and 'deeply flawed' death penaltyOver the past five decades, the most common execution method in the U.S. has been lethal injection, which is authorized in 28 states and by the federal government, according to the Death Penalty Information Center; electrocution, lethal gas and firing squad are used far less often.
42% : In recent years, companies that manufacture drugs and other supplies used in lethal injections have objected to the use of their products in executions.
41% : "Whether it's lethal injection, nitrogen suffocation or any other method, states are using products to kill human beings that have been produced and supplied by companies.

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