How about they kill every murderer by the same method he ysed to murder his victims? In this town, that would mean tying up the murderer and wrapping his head with duct tape until he suffocates. I'd be cool with it.
What a waste of good southern cooking.
"may render Johnston completely paralyzed but fully conscious and susceptible to pain."
And the problem is...?
Just stop feeding him. They say it's euphoric and will even make him beautiful.
It is amazing to hear the crys of: disembowl him, "draw and quarter" him, eye for an eye, etc.
Most people on this forum profess to believe in the Constitution. It seems as if for many it is a conditional belief. Whereas, they only believe in the Constitution when they agree with what it says. That is the same mindset held by many leftists. (see abortion and gun control, socialism etc.)
It is well within the law to review a method of execution to see if it is allowed under the Eighth Amendment. There is obvisouly some question as to whether the drug cocktail used works as advertised. So it fair to review it.
You can agree or disagree whether the method is cruel and unusual, but to call for executions that obviously fall outside of what the Eighth Amendment allows is asinine.
Next thing you know you will arguing that the Fourth Amendment prevents States from regulating abortions.
Disclosure:
I have no moral or substantive problem the death penalty as applied to those who deserve it.
However, I am against it on procedural grounds. I think our criminal justice is system is far too corrupt, and/or incompetent to have such absolute power.
.22 hollow point?
Personally I would rather they bring back an old biblical method of execution.
Stoning
Especially for Rapists, Child Molesters, Murderers and Traitors.
Firing squad seems much more humane than injecting someone as though they were an animal.
I want them to go back to the chair, public hangings, and firing squad to get rid of these scumbags.
I can't bring myself to worry about murderers feeling a little pain when their victims most likely suffered extreme pain.
I also like the old ways of the rack, pikes, tar and feather (perfect for molesters).
Rats: The executioner puts a cage filled with wild rats on the bowel region of the body. Light a fire behind the rats, and they eat their way through the intestines of the person being executed.
Cuts: The executioner carves a thousand small cuts in the person being executed, this person would (after a long time of misery) bleed to death.
These last two sound really painful -- I like the idea. ;-`)
Of course just the ones that killed their victims in the most horrible ways or raped and killed children should have this treatment.
But they're OK with physician involvement in the bloody act of abortion.
Bloody hypocrites.
And they're OK with physician involvement in euthanasia - withholding food and water, as they did with Terri.
[BTW, I'm against the death penalty. It seems too easy to me. I think life in prison is a far worse punishment.]