Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Mississippi considers firing squad as method of execution
Associated Press ^ | February 9, 2017 | By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS

Posted on 02/10/2017 12:27:23 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are advancing a proposal to add firing squad, electrocution and gas chamber as execution methods in case a court blocks the use of lethal injection drugs.

House Bill 638 is a response to lawsuits filed by "liberal, left-wing radicals," said House Judiciary B Committee Chairman Andy Gipson, a Republican.

The bill passed the House amid opposition Wednesday, and it moves to the Senate for more debate.

Lethal injection is Mississippi's only execution method. The state faces lawsuits claiming the drugs it plans to use would violate constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment.

Mississippi hasn't been able to acquire the execution drugs it once used, and it last carried out an execution in 2012. The state has 47 people on death row , and some have been there for decades.

The 33 states with the death penalty all have lethal injection as the primary method of execution, according to the Death Penalty Information Center . The center says only Oklahoma and Utah have firing squad as an option; eight states have electrocution as an option; five have gas chamber as an option; and three have hanging as an option.

"I have a constituent whose daughter was raped and killed by a serial killer over 25 years ago and that person's still waiting for the death penalty. The family is still waiting for justice," said Gipson, an attorney and Baptist pastor who lives in the small town of Braxton, about 25 miles south of Jackson. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS:
KEYWORDS: capitalpunishment; crime; deathpenalty; electrocution; execution; firingsquad; gaschamber; lethalinjection; mississippi
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-62 next last

1 posted on 02/10/2017 12:27:23 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee
Be diplomatic. Give 'em a choice.

Ol' sparky.. or the firing squad.

2 posted on 02/10/2017 12:30:45 AM PST by VideoDoctor
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

I think it should be left up to the family of the victim.


3 posted on 02/10/2017 12:34:04 AM PST by anton
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

Firing squad ? “liberal, left-wing radicals,” ?

Nice. The words go together like birds of a feather .


4 posted on 02/10/2017 12:41:24 AM PST by LeoWindhorse (America First !)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

Good.

Public executions should also be brought back so that in death lessons can be taught .


5 posted on 02/10/2017 12:49:55 AM PST by WashingtonFire
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee
No matter what method is used, the left will always claim it's cruel and unusual. Perhaps what is needed here is a definition of terms; let the Supremes tell us exactly what makes something cruel and what is unusual. Once it has been decided, any means of execution can be measured against that standard. Such parameters as pain threshold, duration of pain, general trauma, etc. can be taken into account.

My guess is that no one will fight harder than the liberals against eradicating ambiguity because they do their best work in an atmosphere of confusion.

6 posted on 02/10/2017 12:52:44 AM PST by stormhill
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

What ever happened to hanging?


7 posted on 02/10/2017 12:53:28 AM PST by Fai Mao (The only person I hate is the PIAPS)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: VideoDoctor

Plane on fire!!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4210580/Officials-Possible-engine-fire-plane-JFK-airport.html


8 posted on 02/10/2017 12:55:29 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

It’s probably the most fast and humane way; a bullet to the head.


9 posted on 02/10/2017 12:59:13 AM PST by snarkytart
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

To get around the “cruel and unusual” argument, they should use starvation/dehydration. The left swears that’s euphoric.


10 posted on 02/10/2017 1:07:56 AM PST by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: anton

I’m in love with that idea.

And with the efficiency of a firing squad. Will save the taxpayers some money.


11 posted on 02/10/2017 1:09:53 AM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: stormhill

Historically, execution has not been found to be ‘cruel and unusual’ per the Constitution although some methods have been found to be.


12 posted on 02/10/2017 1:12:08 AM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: snarkytart

What ever gets the job done—poison, hammer to the head, or the firing squad.—Its it was good enough for Emperor Maximilian its good enough for our criminals.


13 posted on 02/10/2017 1:32:21 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: WashingtonFire; All
I agree. Public executions (not lethal injection) would have a major impact in reducing crime.

See a perp's head explode from a .308 round would be a deterrent to a life of crime.

14 posted on 02/10/2017 1:35:13 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: snarkytart

A bullet to the heart is actually the most guaranteed and quickest way. Unpredictable things can happen with a head shot.


15 posted on 02/10/2017 1:35:23 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

Reasonably quick, easy, painless, no mess to clean up: Nitrogen asphyxiation.


16 posted on 02/10/2017 1:56:26 AM PST by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

‘bout damned time.


17 posted on 02/10/2017 2:01:40 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (The Washington Post is Jeff Bezos' Fake News unregulated SuperPAC.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

What’s wrong with just running them over with a truck?


18 posted on 02/10/2017 2:02:44 AM PST by Beagle8U (Long live Yoga Pants! ( and boycott 84 lumber. Let's bankrupt the bastards!))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

THE STEELDRIVERS | Sticks That Made Thunder

19 posted on 02/10/2017 2:05:10 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life ~ Vote!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brad from Tennessee

Funny how Democrats are against the death penalty yet for assassination and violence against Trump and his supporters!


20 posted on 02/10/2017 2:06:14 AM PST by VermithraxPejorative
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-62 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson