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Inmate Seeks Execution by Firing Squad, Says Lethal Injection too Painful
kfor ^ | MAY 13, 2017

Posted on 05/14/2017 10:51:22 AM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: DannyTN

I would say give the inmates a chance to donate their organs as one last act of penitence and use Nitrogen asphyxiation. It doesn’t poison the organs like everything else.


61 posted on 05/14/2017 12:44:55 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: FreeAtlanta

the government seizes enough heroin...why not use that?


62 posted on 05/14/2017 12:45:08 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: nickcarraway
He should die the same way he murdered his elderly victim.

"A pathologist who performed an autopsy on Johnston's body testified at trial that Johnston had a non-fatal, 1- inch-long (2.5-centimeter-long) stab wound on his back, a large and deep cut on the side of his face, a large and deep cut on the left side of his neck and several other cuts on his neck, including one that cut his windpipe, according to court filings. The pathologist concluded that it took about eight or nine minutes for Johnston to bleed to death after he was wounded."

Not only that, but he dragged the Doctor's body to another part of his property, and covered it up. Then he went to the Doctor's house with a knife and demanded money from the wife. He took money and four guns from the home, tied up Johnston's wife and left in the Doctor's truck. And this a-hole wants special treatment?

63 posted on 05/14/2017 1:00:51 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Redwood71
This is stupid Three drugs are used in lethal injection. Sodium thiopental is used to induce unconsciousness, (no pain), pancuronium bromide (Pavulon) to cause muscle paralysis and respiratory arrest, and potassium chloride to stop the heart.

Way back when I spent two summers as a vet assistant, plus we've had a number of pets put down over the years, and the vet always use pentobarbital.

The animal just relaxes and goes to sleep. No seizures, no struggling, they just go to sleep ... and then die.

Why would it not be the same for humans. Just like going under anesthesia, only you don't wake up.

64 posted on 05/14/2017 1:08:08 PM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: FreedomStar3028

“I bet it does, you just don’t realize it or put it off to something else.”

Why would you say that?

Once pain reaches a certain level, only narcotics provide any meaningful relief.


65 posted on 05/14/2017 1:12:38 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: dsc

I bet you’re taking other drugs as well for pain. Gabapentin is super super effective for me. But I don’t take other painkillers.


66 posted on 05/14/2017 1:17:40 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: FreedomStar3028

“I bet you’re taking other drugs as well for pain.”

I no longer take gabapentin. It provided no effective relief, and there is a withdrawal syndrome.

“Gabapentin is super super effective for me.”

Very fortunate. Let’s hope that continues.


67 posted on 05/14/2017 1:24:54 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: dsc

Who cares what concerns this murdering loser? End his life NOW!


68 posted on 05/14/2017 1:26:15 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: hal ogen

“Who cares what concerns this murdering loser? End his life NOW!”

I agree, but only because we can’t end his life 20 years ago.


69 posted on 05/14/2017 1:30:37 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: dsc

Every second he is alive is an injustice...and a waste of time and resources.


70 posted on 05/14/2017 1:32:38 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: hal ogen

Yup.


71 posted on 05/14/2017 1:35:48 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: chaosagent

“Why would it not be the same for humans. Just like going under anesthesia, only you don’t wake up.”

It is with the way it is being done. This is just someone trying to throw something in to see if it sticks to get out or cut the sentence to life without.

And you can be sure, if it was a problem with pain, the do-gooders would have already challenged the system clear up to the supreme court.

rwood


72 posted on 05/14/2017 2:06:56 PM PDT by Redwood71
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To: nickcarraway

I just don’t understand why “lethal injection” has to be such a problem. You go in for a colonoscopy and the anesthesiologist, turns the little valve and you count backwards from 10 to about 8, then you wake up and it is over. Heck, they could cut your head off and you wouldn’t know it. Why don’t they just do this, then let the drip keep going. Probably would be a very easy way to die. I think this “cocktail” BS is just that, BS.


73 posted on 05/14/2017 2:11:05 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (We are getting even more than we voted for!)
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To: TaxPayer2000

the victims relatives should make the choice of how he dies...


74 posted on 05/14/2017 2:23:58 PM PDT by rolling_stone (not this time!)
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To: nickcarraway

His logic is good, and truthfully, lethal injection is less for a reliable means of execution than it is more aesthetically pleasing to witnesses, which is a stupid rationale.

If they are worried about blood if he is shot, he could be given an absorbent vest to wear.

Were I in his shoes, I would petition for the firing squad as well.


75 posted on 05/14/2017 3:05:07 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Leftists aren't fascists. They are "democratic fascists", a completely different thing.)
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To: nickcarraway

Do it Asian style - single bullet to brain stem. Quick and clean


76 posted on 05/14/2017 4:33:19 PM PDT by BobPgh
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To: Nifster

Maybe, but they got some of them critters all over the place.

You remember Gary Gilmore . . . that’s exactly why he chose the bullet.

How’s them flames working for ya, Gary? Oops, looks like your cult lied to ya.


77 posted on 05/14/2017 5:47:58 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: nickcarraway

He should be executed with the same method that he used to kill his victim(s)


78 posted on 05/14/2017 5:50:59 PM PDT by terycarl (s)
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