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Dying in Vein - Is subjecting an inmate to a failed execution cruel and unusual punishment?
Newsweek ^ | 9-22-09 | Krista Gesaman

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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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: broom; crime; deathrow; execution
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To: Justaham
Here's the fundamental problem: the 25th anniversary of Middleton's death

It takes way too long to get justice.

21 posted on 09/22/2009 3:59:21 PM PDT by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

>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.)


22 posted on 09/22/2009 4:04:23 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: 1010RD

See my post #22... it would be a start.


23 posted on 09/22/2009 4:05:35 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: cynwoody
http://www.crimejunkies.com/Site/Execution_of_Willie_Francis.html ... fried twice.

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.

24 posted on 09/22/2009 4:26:00 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: BerryDingle

Give him heroin for a month then he will find his own vein for the “hotshot”


25 posted on 09/22/2009 4:28:44 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Justaham

NO.
Next question.


26 posted on 09/22/2009 4:32:21 PM PDT by Little Ray (Obama is a kamikaze president aimed at the heart of this Republic.)
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To: dog breath

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.


27 posted on 09/22/2009 6:26:46 PM PDT by Fire_on_High (One Big Ass Mistake America!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
"...A .22 slug at the base of the skull is instant death, surefire and cheap!..."

So is this:


28 posted on 09/23/2009 9:52:14 AM PDT by NCC-1701 (ON 1-19-09 GAS WAS, ON AVERAGE IN MEMPHIS, $1.43 A GALLON.)
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