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A Lethal Injection of Reality
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| May 7, 2014
| Jacob Sullum
Posted on 05/07/2014 12:59:55 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson
"some would argue the phrase “humane execution” is an oxymoron...""Some" would be wrong. The most humane would probably be bullet to the base of the skull, but that has "KGB" written all over it. OTOH, that is who some in government are learning from, so maybe they are inadvertently making that acceptable....
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posted on
05/07/2014 1:26:07 PM PDT
by
Pecos
(The Chicago Way: Kill the Constitution, one step at a time.)
To: Kaslin
The point is not to make condemned murderers comfortable; the point is to make us comfortable. The author is close, but misguided. We use humane methods of execution not to spare the convicted pain and suffering, but to prevent us from wallowing in any kind of blood lust associated with the dispensing of justice. A "clinical" and painless execution means that we are not lowering ourselves the the criminal's level.
In this particular case, mistakes were made and the condemned died rather painfully. I really don't care - there is no injustice in his death or in the manner of its arrival. What I do care about is that procedures are tightened to keep mistakes from turning into "mistakes", where people might use the process to derive grim satisfaction from human suffering, no matter how deserved.
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posted on
05/07/2014 1:27:46 PM PDT
by
kevkrom
(I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
To: All
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posted on
05/07/2014 1:36:43 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: Sacajaweau
Justice was indeed done right
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posted on
05/07/2014 1:44:48 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: Kaslin
Why do they keep calling it botched?
He is dead therefore 100% effective.
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posted on
05/07/2014 1:49:48 PM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(Democrats have destroyed more cities than Godzilla)
To: Responsibility2nd
Another point worth noting here is that drug manufactures are now withholding the correct medications and drugs necessary to perform a humane execution.That would end pretty quickly if these companies were prevented from selling any products in that state.
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posted on
05/07/2014 1:53:47 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: Kaslin
Bring back hanging.
Make it public.
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posted on
05/07/2014 1:57:25 PM PDT
by
LucianOfSamasota
(Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
To: Kaslin
How come they sterilize the needles used in lethal injections?
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posted on
05/07/2014 1:58:04 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: kevkrom
>>>>> In this particular case, mistakes were made and the condemned died rather painfully.
____________________________________
What mistakes were made? I assume you’ve read up on the series of events that happened the morning of the execution, so I’m curious.
What went wrong? If mistakes were made, who made them?
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posted on
05/07/2014 2:02:05 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: a fool in paradise
All legal executions ARE a cold-blooded killing of a helpless person! But one that is JUSTIFIED!!
To: Kaslin
Lead or rope. Either once is cheap, quick and effective.
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posted on
05/07/2014 2:05:26 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
To: 2harddrive
If executions in America were truly cold blooded, there would be zero effort extended to minimize the trauma a condemned criminal experiences at the time of his death (her death doesn’t even factor into it because so few women are put to death for their crimes).
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posted on
05/07/2014 3:30:52 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: Mikey_1962
Correct!!!
If the execution had been botched he would be still alive.
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posted on
05/07/2014 4:15:02 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: All
ghost of stonewall jackson
Since Apr 29, 2014
Troll Alert
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posted on
05/07/2014 4:20:36 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: Kaslin
He could have had an allergic reaction to one of the drugs....... but I have to say ......... I don’t care, I hope it hurt like hell! He’s dead and he deserved to die painfully after what he did to that poor girl.
One more monster that we don’t have to worry about meeting up with in a dark alley!
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posted on
05/07/2014 4:26:03 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Kaslin
Put them in the electric chair. Hook it up to “The Clapper.” At the appointed time clap their butt on, wait. Clap their butt off.
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posted on
05/07/2014 4:30:24 PM PDT
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: Kaslin
That’s pretty much the opinion here in Oklahoma.
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posted on
05/08/2014 5:49:02 AM PDT
by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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