Posted on 04/14/2005 12:58:28 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Okay, let's get rid of lethal injection. Killers should be executed in the fashion that they killed their victims. Works for me!
"If it's going to be done - why not just triple, or quadruple the dose of the sedative then and kill them by overdose? Isn't that what they do for pets (or something like it)?"
As the rednecks say," that would be too damn simple".
Just strap the condemned in a chair and drop a big rock on his head from twenty feet up.
Or a bullet to back of head when not expecting it- even more humane...
Yes, by mimicry of a medical procedure, i.e., one meant to help, it perverts the skills of the executioners.
During debates on doctors and capital punishment, I've always said that I would pull the switch, or pull the trigger, but I would NEVER use my special skills to cannulate a vein and administer a lethal injection.
Execution should be done by a method that any of us could do, because the executioner is acting symbolically on behalf of all of us.
AMEN! ...and if I'm not mistaken the changes in what was and was not allowed for execution means was driven by the same issue in question on this post, what is and isn't cruel and unusual. Now you talk about cruel and unusual. I always thought the gas chamber was a good one. Do I breath or don't I , how long can I hold my breath? Meanwhile that cyanide is pouring out of the pot.
Then again the threat of "The Chair" maybe caused some people to contemplate before they did violence on their fellow man. Who knows, who cares, Each state must have the right to execute theirs as they see fit in any way they like including the so recently recognized and approved by the State of FL, "way to Euphoria".
Bump!
OK, clearly the reporter didn't do their research here. First off, I grew up in the '60's man, so I'm a drug expert. Ever heard of "skin popping"? It reduces the efficacy and immediacy of the drug effect, but it DOES still work. Secondly, a lethal or even near lethal dose of any kind of barbiturate (sodium pentothial) won't wear off in just eight minutes. No medicine that I am aware of wears off in just eight minutes.
Can you say agenda, boys and girls? Or shall we just pronounce it "ignorance"? Take your pick.
Why don't they just increase the dosage of anesthetic? They certainly can't be concerned about giving them a lethal dose.
That's my understanding of it...massive overdose of anasthetic. I've also never seen anything but them simply slumping over dead after a few seconds at most, and I've been with several pets when they were put to sleep. That's entirely too kind for rapists, murderers, etc. I'm thinking strap em down, give em the potassium, and let em spend their last few minutes howling.
It probably is just a ploy to eradicate any executions.
That assessment is right on.
...We were asking: Is there a possibility of awareness during an execution? Is there a large degree of pain and suffering associated with it? And I think the answer we found is yes."....You might wonder the same for their victims.......
Only 4 in 10? C'mon fellas, we can do better than that!
"Why not just triple or quadruple,the dose of the sedative?"That idea occured to me as well,but i'm not a highly trained MD.What do i know?:)
That's an excellent point. People are no longer executed for petty theft but only for the most horrible crimes: mass murder, murder-rape, murder-robbery, etc. The victims suffered terribly, in fear and probably agony, every second feeling like minute, a minute feeling like an hour. Blubbering over brutal killers is typical of the twisted "compassion" for the bad and indifference to the innocent that is so pervasive in this country in so many different ways.
A good stout piece of rope is good enough for a killer.
Hang 'em...hang 'em high.......
Ya here that, Mumia?
not enough
Good.
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