Posted on 12/27/2014 11:48:22 AM PST by Zakeet
Oklahoma's last execution went so badly that the state tried to cancel it before it was over. With the inmate writhing while the lethal drugs seeped into his body, his executioners drew the viewing gallery curtains, concealing what the warden later described as "a bloody mess."
The botched execution of Clayton Lockett in April and other troubling ones this year in Ohio and Arizona gave capital punishment opponents a flicker of hope that areas of the country that most enthusiastically support the death penalty might have a change of heart. They didn't.
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Clayton Lockett was a nice buy who really didn't do anything that bad when he raped and sodomized that girl before blasting her face off ... and he didn't deserve to die the way he did even thought he brought it on himself ... and it's therefore inexcusable that people keep wanting to execute murderers like him!
“concealing what the warden later described as “a bloody mess.”
Funny way to spell ‘justice’ if you ask me.
Cruel and unusual punishment is prohibited. but there is no guarantee of a painless execution.
Is he dead? then it was not botched.
Clayton Lockett was a murderer. He abducted a 19-year-old girl, shot her, and then watched as his accomplice buried her alive. He was due no more mercy than he showed his victim, perhaps even less.
Pray for the end to all death penalty sentencing. It’s just not our job.
Bring back the guillotine.
Being back the firing squad. Problem solved.
Ya know...dead is dead...but a rope is cheap and effective.
The history of the death penalty for the last few centuries or so has been the perpetual attempt to somehow make the execution more humane: the guillotine was supposed to be more humane than the noose, the firing squad more humane than the guillotine, electrocution more humane than the firing squad, gas chamber more humane than electrocution, injection more humane than the gas chamber.
From 1890 to 2010, the rate of botched[a] lethal injections in the United States was 7.1%, higher than any other form of execution, with firing squads at 0%, the electric chair at 1.9%, hanging at 3.1%, and the gas chamber at 5.4%.[6]
(the Wikipedia article on Lovett.)
Lockett not Lovett
The only reason it was ‘a bloody mess’ is some idiot ripped the IV lines out of him. But telling people that would make it less agenda filling.
Botched? He’s dead ain’t he!
I’m personally saddened that he didn’t suffer much harder and much longer.
Carbon monoxide poisoning.
What I don’t understand about the states and capital punishment is that they all buy in to all of these overly complicated execution systems.
All they need is an airtight chamber and some industrial gas. Perhaps an evacuation system for the gas after the execution is accomplished.
The more complexity they add the more likely is failure. It is an engineering principle that is legendary.
I could also add to the list of painless execution methods: an airtight chamber with a carbon dioxide scrubbing system. The condemned suffocates painlessly as he uses up the available oxygen. The pain of suffocation is caused by the buildup of carbon dioxide in the body and not the lack of oxygen. The condemned will actually feel drunk as death nears.
Gee, that’s a real shame for the poor guy. Real shame.
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