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Non-Miscreant
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Just get all those on death row and all the attorneys who represented them. Or anyone else convicted of a felony and their attorneys. Let them scream about it, no one will believe them.

Anyone who turns away is next.


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Posts: 18394 | Location: Kentucky, USA | Registered: February 25, 2001Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Why not the jury that convicted the guy?


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Posts: 16261 | Location: Harrison, AR | Registered: February 05, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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The Chinese never seem to have a problem drawing a crowd

True. North Korea either. Executing people with anti aircraft gun probably quite popular. Something to think about. Knowing the Chinese it is probably required attendance for the witnesses.
 
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Big Grin I can see our neighbor to the Northeaat struggling to come up with six "respectable citizens." I urge them to place ads in newspapers and Craigslist titled, "Opportunity for Texans Trapped in Arkansas." That should solve their "respectable citizens" shortage. Big Grin



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Why not the jury that convicted the guy?

It might be 20, 30 or more years between the finding of guilt and the carrying out of the sentence.
 
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I never want to witness the process, but if a tax free cash incentive was offered they may get more volunteers.


Blaming the crime on the gun, is like blaming a bad story on the pencil.
 
Posts: 1068 | Location: Saint Charles Missouri | Registered: November 30, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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And to those saying to make it a part of or a selection process such as jury duty...that wins the batshit crazy idea of the day.
How the F in your right mind do you think it is okay, or acceptable to force someone to watch an execution?
What happens when these "forced" volunteers sue the state for emotional duress and PTSD? Or they sue the state pre execution for being forced to watch an act against their beliefs?


Blaming the crime on the gun, is like blaming a bad story on the pencil.
 
Posts: 1068 | Location: Saint Charles Missouri | Registered: November 30, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Why not? I once shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.


Ha!




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Posts: 53414 | Location: Texas | Registered: February 10, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Is there any reason they can't use prison employees? An actual legal reason, not guesses.




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Is there any reason they can't use prison employees? An actual legal reason, not guesses.



My guess would be conflict of interest along the lines of the fox watching then chicken house. They need the witnesses to at least have the appearance of independent watch dog.


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Make it like jury duty.


No. Make it a required school field trip.


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Posts: 6715 | Location: Floriduh | Registered: October 16, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Make it like jury duty.


No. Make it a required school field trip.


WTF? Absolutely not.
 
Posts: 9099 | Location: The Red part of Minnesota | Registered: October 06, 2002Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I disagree. They used to hang people in the town square. EVERYONE came to watch. Including the 5 and 7 year olds. Maybe we would have a lot less snowflake if we stopped babying our kids and showed them how the world REALLY works.


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Posts: 6715 | Location: Floriduh | Registered: October 16, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Disagree all you want. There's a heck of a difference between people voluntarily bringing their kids to something(if it ever really happened to any appreciable extent) and having kids taken on school field trips.

I will admit, I don't have hard numbers, but I would bet that a tiny fraction of the US population ever witnessed a hanging "back in the day" despite it being a part of dang near every Western movie.
 
Posts: 9099 | Location: The Red part of Minnesota | Registered: October 06, 2002Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Is there any reason they can't use prison employees? An actual legal reason, not guesses.


That was my first thought. Or at least the DAs or other officials that surely must be there. Assuming they are "respectable citizens" and non-felons, of course.
 
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"Or at least the DAs or other officials that surely must be there. Assuming they are "respectable citizens" and non-felons, of course."

do DA's meet the respectable citizen threshold?



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Posts: 54069 | Location: Tucson Arizona | Registered: January 16, 2002Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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You mean there aren't six, 21-year-old, respectable Arkansas residents who are not related to the family of the victims or inmates and have no felony convictions? Eek

Big Grin

It is a problem.



Kind of like West Virginia's Slogan.. One big happy Family.. Really.
The Gene pool is not too deep in Arkansas.. but I bet there are enough imports.


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