Ketamine was first developed in 1962. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most important medication needed in a basic health system. It is legally sold under a very wide variety of brand names, including Ketalar.
If the crime you commit (generally just first degree murder) is in a state that does not have the death penalty then the only way you can be executed is if you are tried in a federal court as opposed to a state court.
1 The most rigorous cost study in the country found that a single death sentence in Maryland costs almost $2 million more than a comparable non-death penalty case. 2  Before ending the death penalty, Maryland spent $186 million extra to carry out just five executions.