The Traditionalist Choice
Simple, reliable, humane
Posted on 02/10/2017 12:27:23 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are advancing a proposal to add firing squad, electrocution and gas chamber as execution methods in case a court blocks the use of lethal injection drugs.
House Bill 638 is a response to lawsuits filed by "liberal, left-wing radicals," said House Judiciary B Committee Chairman Andy Gipson, a Republican.
The bill passed the House amid opposition Wednesday, and it moves to the Senate for more debate.
Lethal injection is Mississippi's only execution method. The state faces lawsuits claiming the drugs it plans to use would violate constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment.
Mississippi hasn't been able to acquire the execution drugs it once used, and it last carried out an execution in 2012. The state has 47 people on death row , and some have been there for decades.
The 33 states with the death penalty all have lethal injection as the primary method of execution, according to the Death Penalty Information Center . The center says only Oklahoma and Utah have firing squad as an option; eight states have electrocution as an option; five have gas chamber as an option; and three have hanging as an option.
"I have a constituent whose daughter was raped and killed by a serial killer over 25 years ago and that person's still waiting for the death penalty. The family is still waiting for justice," said Gipson, an attorney and Baptist pastor who lives in the small town of Braxton, about 25 miles south of Jackson. . .
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...way too messy
On a mud-bog track?
There ya go...gators
It's not exactly on topic, but thank you for that thought. You've put into concise words what i was trying to form in my head.
Firing squad is inexpensive, and always works.
Cheaper than hanging.
The Traditionalist Choice
Simple, reliable, humane
While I agree that the first hanging is probably more expensive than a firing squad, that does not apply to subsequent executions. Firing squads require a level of skill that may vary wildly and introduce a significant level of FUBAR. Hanging OTH, can re-use the equipment (platform, hoods, rope, etc) again and again. Also guy who pulls the lever need not be a marksman or have any other skills other than having working limbs.
IMO hanging, public or otherwise is the way to go.
I agree. Painless, efficient, and quick.
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How about guillotine?
Hang by the neck until dead. Let them dance.
“Reasonably quick, easy, painless, no mess to clean up: Nitrogen asphyxiation.”
Actually, you could do this very easily. Just rig the holding cell in such a way that the transfer of gases can occur without the condemned knowing it. He goes to sleep one night and just doesn’t wake up. Painless and no emotional distress. Just have a cutoff date for the governors reprieve and perform the execution any time after that.
.50 cal oughta do the trick!
“The state faces lawsuits claiming the drugs it plans to use would violate constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment.”
I’ve read the the good anesthetics are prohibited by the manufacturers to be used for executions.
Seems to me if you put someone to sleep as though preparing for surgery, and then did anything you chose to kill him, it wouldn’t be cruel and unusual punishment.
I’d make this political trade: I’ll agree to ban capital punishment if liberals will agree to ban abortion.
They forgot one . . . hanging.
They forgot one . . . hanging.
I have seen people live with all sorts of head shots.
Very good idea! 6 men with 22 caliber rifles, dead in a nanosecond at a very practical price. Hell, if I were the one being killed, I would rather get it that way than some others.
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