So is this:
Posted on 09/22/2009 3:18:52 PM PDT by Justaham
Can a vein save a convicted killer? It the case of Romell Broom—it might. Broom was sentenced to death for raping and murdering 14-year-old Tryna Middleton on Sept. 21, 1984. Broom isn't supposed to be alive to witness the 25th anniversary of Middleton's death—but he is. Last Tuesday, the execution team at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility spent several hours trying unsuccessfully to find a viable vein for a lethal injection. Now, Ohio is faced with the difficult task of determining whether it can try to execute Broom a second time, after it botched the first attempt.
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It takes way too long to get justice.
>You don’t need to make a mess, LOL
No, but I figure it’d make a life-long impression on the schoolchildren who are present and see just how rapists are dealt with. (It would be a field trip they wouldn’t forget for a LONG time.)
See my post #22... it would be a start.
Thanks, I was looking for that. I first read a small amount about that case in an old Constitutional law book written in the 40's I found in an old used book store. It's hard to find it in any new books now, it's just not mentioned.
Give him heroin for a month then he will find his own vein for the “hotshot”
NO.
Next question.
When I donated stem cells they couldn’t use the vein on the inside of my right elbow...rolled, like usual. They had it, lost it, poked around for a minute and decided to go for the side of the wrist. Doesn’t hurt as much as you’d think.
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