Posted on 10/13/2011 3:43:22 PM PDT by greatdefender
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida state lawmaker is calling for a return to the electric chair and firing squads for those sitting on the state's death row.
Rep. Brad Drake, R-Eucheeanna, this week filed a bill that would end the use of lethal injection. Instead, those with a death sentence could choose between electrocution or a firing squad.
Drake said the idea came to him after having a conversation at a DeFuniak Springs Waffle House over the legal battles associated with the September execution of Manuel Valle.
Valle's lawyers tried to stop the execution by arguing that a new drug cocktail would cause him pain and therefore be cruel and unusual punishment.
Florida switched to lethal injection after problems with electrocutions raised concerns that the state's death penalty would be declared unconstitutional.
Bring back the guillotine! Its Quick! Painless! And a great show.
All men are endowed with unalienable rights, among these being life and liberty.
But you can lose those rights. He who takes another’s life loses his own moral right to life, just as he who infringes on another’s liberty loses his own moral right to be free.
Pretty simple, IMO.
BTW, I agree about the guillotine. The Bic of execution methods. Works first time every time.
Also replacing the air in the execution chamber with pure nitrogen would result in quick unconciousness and death within a few minutes.
Why a quick death for these animals. Many victims were tortured for hours, even days. And we worry about a quick painless death for them?
Yes, if we wish to go to Heaven.
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