[NYer]

As one attorney recently wrote, if a judge or a state governor were to order the execution of a serial killer on death row by means of withholding food and water, a variety of courts would intervene at once to block that order, which would amount to constitutionally-prohibited cruel and unusual punishment.

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[jonno]

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[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[ClintonBeGone]

a judge or a state governor were to order the execution of a serial killer on death row by means of withholding food and water, a variety of courts would intervene at once to block that order, which would amount to constitutionally-prohibited cruel and unusual punishment.

Great point. Or, perhaps, the same might be true were her skin of a different hue.

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[nmh]

I don't care if she is Catholic or Jewish. The fact is that in a civilized country we do NOT arbitrarily execute through starvation the disabled. I just thankful that someone, Jeb Bush, who has authority stopped this.

I pray that Terri gets the proper care and is able to spill the beans on what really happened to her at this death home as well as HOW she was originally disabled. I'd bet Michael is scared **itless that that WILL happen, hence the rush to death.

[windchime]

Good article!

[nickcarraway]

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