Woman sues US prison over son's 86-minute execution

AFP

[Sue Perkick]

[Vermont Lt]

My dog snagged a bird in the back yard yesterday. I used a brick because the fool dog did not finish the job. A brick works fine. Perhaps they should use a brick.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Screw needles and electricity.

I’m all for adopting to the guillotine.

Fast, sure and best of all, cheap.

[Weeedley]

On the other hand:

A public hanging has all the cachet one desires for these types of events...

The guillotine is just to frenchified for our tastes.

[CDHart]

We have had to put four of our dogs down over the years - it never gets any easier, does it?

Carolyn

[Little Ray]

A bullet in the back of the head is faster, cleaner, and cheaper.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Hanging works quite well and I would be all for it, but it depends too much on the skill of the hangsman to get the job done right.

Set the noose wrong you can either strangle the subject or pop his head right off.

True enough, dead is dead, but when you expect a simple drop and pop then a head comes flying into the witnesses. It could cause a bad day for everyone not just the hanged man.

A guillotine is fairly foolproof. Drop, chop, basket, cheer. Next.

[Weeedley]

You win the discussion by dint of the grim details...!

[Dr.Zoidberg]

I’m sorry. =-(

[Jim Noble]

Old Sparky, though throwing the switch would give me great personal satisfaction, is a torture device and was rightly eliminated.

Likewise the slow suffocation of the "gas chamber".

If we cannot dispatch murderers and rapists quickly (with a long drop hanging or, preferably, the guillotine), capital punishment is not going to have a future.

[BigCinBigD]

Roll on two.

[backhoe]

“We have had to put four of our dogs down over the years - it never gets any easier, does it?”

We had her 14 years- never had an animal for that long, before.

Calpernia was kind enough to start a post on it here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1777582/posts

I’d have taken that needle myself, if that would have restored her to what she had been before the strokes got to her.

Got a puppy, three days later, because we couldn’t stand the silence ( also on the post ) and it’s like having a bolt of lightning in the house- it sure isn’t quiet, any more!

Kind regards to you.

[MEGoody]

Hey, mom. How much suffering did your son’s victims experience?

[beckysueb]

Only in America can a person sue someone because they can’t do their job properly because you are a junkie!

[Chili Girl]

Poor Baby! I wonder if the person whose life he took suffered more than 86 minutes or the pain of 19 needle holes.

And it cost us ~$40k a year x 22 years = almost $900k to keep this guy alive so we could serve him the death sentence? Then pay Mommy some money because he 'suffered'? I don't think so.

[Paleo Conservative]

Sounds like their personnel are a bit rusty. Perhaps Ohio should outsource their their executions to Texas.

[Jet Jaguar]

Sad too hear.

I am glad you have a new rocket in the house.

JJ

[Mumbles]

Thanks for the update. I’d have hated to see hood water wasted on a condemned prisoner/ I would think that some “might” be innocent. To preclude that, I suggest that all condemned be required to take a mandatory lie detector test / sodium pentathal to see if the are guilty. (No 5th Amendment there as they have already been convicted) If they pass the test and indicate possible innocence, there should be an investigation into the actual guilt (No more Nifongs). If guilty, they get the KFC treatment.

[backhoe]

Let me show you the rocket in action ( from Free Dominion )

-Waterdog!--

If I had that much energy, I'd rule the world...

[Jet Jaguar]

LOL! Thanks for the link!