31. Death-Row Inmates In America Go Through A Physical Examination Before Their Execution
Well, the federal government needs to assure that the convicts were at their healthiest when you die. Gruesome as it sounds, the prison docs make sure that the criminals are mentally and physically fit enough to die. “Even if you have a defendant who actually has some sort of mental deficiency-even in that situation-it’s difficult to prove the defendant actually unfit to be executed,” says Arleen Anderson, chief of the criminal appeals bureau for the Illinois attorney general’s office.