This Lethal Injection Stuff is for the Birds- HANG 'EM HIGH, Dammit!

The death penalty is currently a legal sentence in 33 American states and in the federal civilian and military legal systems. Lethal injection has become the most common method of capital punishment utilized since SCOTUS re-enstated the death penalty in 1976, popularity owed to the theory it's the most 'humane' method available... but humane to whom? Not society, the victims, nor their families, that's for sure...

Case-in-point being yesterday's execution of Richard Cobb (29) in Texas: he and his crime partner Beunka Adams (righteously executed April 2012) went on a robbery spree south of Dallas in 2010-2011 that ended with the kidnapping/rape of a woman cashier, shooting of another, and murder of a mentally-damaged customer.

After they took the three to a field and the rape part was over, the shooting began: the hyper-sadistic Adams asked the women if they where 'hit' or 'bleeding' as a
20-ga. shotgun was fired every few seconds. When one of the girls attempted to play possum he said 'Answer me or I'll shoot you in the face!' She was frightened into responding 'No, I'm not bleeding'... then he shot her in the face anyway. Once Cobb flamed a lighter in their face to test if they were alive, he simply said 'They're dead, let's go'.

Both female victims miraculously survived to bear witness in court and put Cobb and Adams where they belong, on death row. There is NO rehabilitating such rabid, bloodthirsty animals- to think otherwise is the wishful thinking of fools. But they're not crazy- just EVIL, and they knew what they were doing, as thoroughly-proven in court.

But wouldn't SOME deterrent effect have be nice? It's supposed to be one of the primary reasons we retain capital punishment... that, and the concept of victims justice.

'Life is death, death is life. I hope that someday this absurdity that humanity has come to will come to an end,' Cobb said when asked if he had any last words.

'Life is too short. I hope anyone that has negative energy towards me will resolve that. 'Life is too short to harbor feelings of hatred and anger.
That's it, warden.'

But that wasn't it. Just before the lethal drug took effect and at the conclusion of his statement, Cobb twisted his head back, raised it off a pillow placed on the gurney and then toward the warden standing behind him.
'Wow!' the inmate exclaimed in a loud voice. 'That is great. That is awesome! Thank you, warden! Thank you (expletive) warden!' His head fell back on the pillow, and his neck twisted at an odd angle, with his mouth and eyes open...

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Actually, I don't think hating on Richard Cobb is a waste of time- feels right, actually. But does this sound to you like the victims are getting a much-deserved sense of closure...?

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'I think justice was served but it doesn't change anything to speak of,' the slain man's father, Don Vandever, said after watching Cobb die.

'I do think the justice system needs to be more of a deterrent. 'All he did was go to sleep. That's it.'

Nikki Daniels, 29, who was raped and shot during the 2002 attack but survived to testify against Cobb, said, 'I thought he was going to be remorseful, I thought he was going to be apologetic, was hoping that he was going to address me.

'I saw the same evil person I saw 11 years ago. ... He definitely showed his true colors.'

The Associated Press generally does not name victims of sexual assault but Daniels agreed to be identified. Daniels said Cobb's punishment in the end 'was far too easy.'

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Richard Cobb said in a media interview that he 'didn't want to die' but 'committed the crime' and was 'prepared to die'- nary a word of regret, mind you... in fact he breezily dismissed it all as 'an act of compulsion'.

The gallows or a firing-squad while blindfolded and gagged is THE only way to allow victims and others to witness justice being done (without exposing them to further lifelong damage) while promptly relieving humanity of such predatory scum. This would be a decidedly less pleasant a prospect for aspiring killers than a decade or more of appeals followed by an event little more traumatic than falling asleep in the dentist's chair.

You can just ignore those preaching 'humane' treatment of proven-guilty monsters like these two, because whatever the true motivation, these libs are supporting, glorifying, and perpetuating EVIL.

Some may have genuine, principled opposition to capital punishment -and understandably,hanging or firing squad- but they're obviously not balancing this out against the victims' view with any sort of moral clarity, nor attempting to spare us from similar crimes in the future- rather, many are just zealots that identify with the black hats- for some strange reason.

Just consider the source- we're talking some of the biggest cult-like idiots on the planet- i.e. Beunka Adams' Manson-esque fan club of 10+ groupies that protested outside court at every turn, including a hunger strike last year... for THIS guy!

There's something seriously wrong with people that identify so strongly with a rotten-to-the-core rapist/killer with SO little consideration for the victims- but it takes a special kind of stupid to marry one...

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That’s all well and good, but it does not address my point at all.

My point was that if you hang people instead of inject them, there will be no difference in the amount of murders, as some here have posited.

As to the effects of capital punishment on crime, there are a whole bunch of studies that present evidence in opposition to your posted studies. Oddly, whoever is compiling the stats, determines the results of the study.

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