That being said, nitrogen asphyxiation is the way to go. Elemental gas that’s abundant and costs less than nothing. No drugs to find a vein for or discard because of expiration date. No need for anesthesia for that matter. Just fill the chamber with nitrogen and the condemned peacefully goes off to sleep and never wakes up.
With a just government and morally sound judgment on behalf of judge and jury, I’m in favor of it. Without a just government and morally sound judgment on behalf of judge and jury, I’m opposed to it. This man’s crimes were heinous and no one seems to be debating the fact that he did it, therefore his sentence was fair and just. But, if we stoop to inflicting pain and torture in carrying out such a sentence, we’re little better than he his. Just dispatch him painlessly and quietly, and be done with it.
I struggle with capital punishment as well. My understanding is that by the time you account for the legal cost of appeals etc, it costs more to put a criminal to death thanfor them to serve out a life sentence. It seems that the duty of the government is to protect the citizenry from future crimes. I agree that in our secular culture we seem to have forgotten that justice belongs to God and isn’t ours to deliver.
I agree with you partly on execution in general and totally on using nitrogen.
My ONLY concern about application of the death penalty is the wide spread incompetence of “lawyers” in the courtroom, most particularly judges.
I can live without the death penalty, if the punishment makes the criminal wish for death. See my FReeper profile for an alternative.