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https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27...execution/index.html It can't be much as this sort of thing seems to happen quite frequently. I can't imagine an ER or OR staff screwing around for hours to start an IV if he was a regular patient. I'm not arguing that the shit bags don't deserve what happens, but the staff are acting on our behalf to do it right. It seems like the lethal injection method is a bit too technically challenging for efficiency. | ||
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| Freethinker |
Eighteenth century French peasants seemed to manage the guillotine with no difficulty. ► 6.4/93.6 ___________ “We are Americans …. Together we have resisted the trap of appeasement, cynicism, and isolation that gives temptation to tyrants.” — George H. W. Bush | |||
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| I Am The Walrus |
I wonder if he thought about how his victim felt... I hope he feels pain and suffering. His lawyer should feel it too for defending an asshole like this. Lethal injection doesn't seem practical. I say use the firing squad and use some of the poorest marksman you can find. Hitting non-vital areas would be solved with more ammunition, which is relatively cheap. _____________ | |||
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Shouldn't a coup de grâce be a standard part of any "execution" ? How is it that this guy is still alive to whine about it ??!?! "Crom is strong! If I die, I have to go before him, and he will ask me, 'What is the riddle of steel?' If I don't know it, he will cast me out of Valhalla and laugh at me." | |||
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If that's what you want, then make the penalty some kind of torture instead of simply death. Propose it, get it passed and face the Constitutional challenges. Your second point might make it difficult for anyone to get a competent defense. | |||
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| A day late, and a dollar short  |
Bullet to the brain is all that should be needed. ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
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| Dances With Tornados |
Maybe we should outsource it. Lil Kim seemingly has no problem with doing the dirty deed. | |||
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apparently they were paid to botch it up [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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| Cruising the Highway to Hell  |
I applied for a job as an executioner about 30 years ago. I was told they wanted someone with a medical degree.  “Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” ― Ronald Reagan Retired old fart | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
It is hard to work up much sympathy for the condemned, but we should still do it correctly and without error if we are going to execute people. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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What's wrong with a firing squad? Helluva lot easier to train prison staff for that than lethal injection and you don't need to worry about a company not selling you bullets. | |||
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The firing squad was used at the request of the inmate in 1977 . Gary Gilmore . Armed Robbery and Murder . | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
Boggles the mind that they screw it up occasionally. It ain't rocket surgery. Start IV, screw on the syringe and push. In this case though, to be fair, if he had had chemo for his cancer and a history of IV drug abuse, his veins probably were exceptionally bad, making the start much more difficult. I'm in favor of a bullet behind the ear or a proper hanging. Both are quick, cheap, painless, and humane. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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I agree. But I also think that "correctly and without error" should be judged by the primary goal: "does he end up dead?" Nothing is perfect, and I am willing to tolerate a lot of imperfection. "Crom is strong! If I die, I have to go before him, and he will ask me, 'What is the riddle of steel?' If I don't know it, he will cast me out of Valhalla and laugh at me." | |||
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In this case, he did not. They gave up. | |||
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Certainly ways to get creative if you get bored on the job. Point in case: The Green Mile and Law Abiding Citizen.  | |||
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Forgetting to water down the head sponge on "Ol Sparky" will create a nice light show. | |||
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Go to Nitrogen and the problem would be solved. _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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| Let's be careful out there |
what do two rounds of .45 hollow point flying ashtrays cost? The bill his family. | |||
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Don't Panic |
I was thinking Nitrous Oxide. It's too frequent we hear about folks accidentally offing themselves with that stuff, in an attempt to get high. No veins, no chairs, no rope, no firing squad. A small tent, a cylinder, and a valve operated. | |||
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