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Execution delayed as doctors walk out
Reuters via Yahoo! ^ | 2/21/06 | Carolyn Abate

Posted on 02/21/2006 5:27:44 AM PST by Brilliant

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To: DumpsterDiver

Ah. Didn't get that far. Thanks.


61 posted on 02/21/2006 6:14:00 AM PST by gridlock (eliminate perverse incentives)
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To: Brilliant
They were on hand after a court said the state must ensure the condemned man, Michael Morales, was in fact unconscious before a lethal injection was administered, thereby minimizing the pain he might suffer.

If I have this straight, they're going to put him to sleep before they put him to sleep.

bttttt.......

62 posted on 02/21/2006 6:16:02 AM PST by cowboyway (My heroes have always been cowboys.)
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To: Brilliant

Two words: "Old Sparky."


63 posted on 02/21/2006 6:18:03 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Brilliant

Set up from the get go. They pursued being the doctors present specifically to walk out and delay the execution. Complaints about the court text were simply an excuse to do what they planned to do anyway.


64 posted on 02/21/2006 6:18:56 AM PST by Richard Kimball
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To: Richard Kimball
Complaints about the court text were simply an excuse to do what they planned to do anyway.


I suspect this was the case. Kind of a cruel and unusual thing to do. LOL
65 posted on 02/21/2006 6:21:58 AM PST by P-40 (http://www.590klbj.com/forum/index.php?referrerid=1854)
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To: Brilliant

Yank the liceses of these two quacks for a time equal to the amount of time this scum has been on death row.


66 posted on 02/21/2006 6:21:58 AM PST by pikachu (I must be be built upside down -- my nose runs and my feet smell!)
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To: socialismisinsidious

The problem with this doesn't lay with the doctors, it's with the moron judge who deemed this "painful and inhumane". What a crock.


67 posted on 02/21/2006 6:25:20 AM PST by mslee
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To: Richard Kimball
"They pursued being the doctors present specifically to walk out and delay the execution. Complaints about the court text were simply an excuse to do what they planned to do anyway."

Where's Kevorkian these days?

68 posted on 02/21/2006 6:25:27 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
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To: Brilliant

It seems to me these "doctors" could be charged with obstruction of justice. Overall this is another reason to bring back hanging.


69 posted on 02/21/2006 6:29:43 AM PST by claudiustg (Delenda est Iran!)
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To: Brilliant

Just import some doctors from Oregon.


70 posted on 02/21/2006 6:30:31 AM PST by saminfl (,/i)
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To: Gay State Conservative

>>>Why are vegetarians pro-abortion?
And for that matter,why are "animal rights activists" always pro abortion?>>>

Same thing. (Or at least that was my point), but yeah, why is that!?!


71 posted on 02/21/2006 6:30:51 AM PST by sandbar
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To: Brilliant

23 years to get to this point. What is the point of a punishment anyway? Set the bum free and let rape and murder some more; perhaps the children of the lawyers. < /sarcasm >


72 posted on 02/21/2006 6:34:09 AM PST by ImpBill ("America ... Where are you now?")
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To: Paloma_55

"Maybe we can send the guy to Oregon. They have doctors up there that will kill grannie just because she is wetting the bed at night."

You have some articles about doctors doing this? Last I saw, Oregon averaged about 20-25 assisted suicides per year.


73 posted on 02/21/2006 6:35:08 AM PST by Gone GF
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To: Gay State Conservative
The Hippocratic Oath was pretty much abandoned in the 70's after Roe vs Wade.
74 posted on 02/21/2006 6:44:18 AM PST by lizma
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To: Gay State Conservative
Hijacking? I think not.My comment pointed out,quite effectively,the hypocrisy of the medical profession when it claims that they cannot participate in executions because of the "first,do no harm" principle while abortion mills flourish in this country.

Perhaps you're right, perhaps not. I just tire of the constant attempts to turn everything to abortion. When nut lady cut her baby girl's arms off, one of the first comments was a snide remark about abortion. It just gets old when we can't talk about the topic at hand without someone always dragging abortion into it.

And for the record,I know something about the medical field.

Me too, I'm married to it.

)the Hypocratic Oath absolutely forbids any physician from participating in executions in any way and those who do should lose their medical license

Hypocratic Oath? Is that an oath for hypocrites? Physicians USED to take the Hippocratic Oath, now a few medical schools still offer the opportunity with an option to opt out, but most have let the practice slip into antiquity. It's for the most part no longer in use.

75 posted on 02/21/2006 7:01:36 AM PST by Melas (What!? Read or learn something? Why would anyone do that, when they can just go on being stupid)
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To: Brilliant
What really gets my goat is we're supposed to make it easy on the murderer. WTF is going on? Its supposed to be the other way around. That's why its called PUNISHMENT, you SOB Judge Fogel!

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

76 posted on 02/21/2006 7:02:48 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: 50sDad; davisfh

I'm personally opposed to executions in general, but if it has to be done, the medical profession should have no part of it.


77 posted on 02/21/2006 7:03:10 AM PST by Melas (What!? Read or learn something? Why would anyone do that, when they can just go on being stupid)
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To: claudiustg

Well, I don't know about that. I blame the courts.

The article doesn't explain fully what happened, but I suspect that the doctors got nervous that they'd have their license to practice medicine yanked if they went forward, and so they asked the court for a ruling that this would not be grounds for having their licenses yanked. Obviously, they weren't happy with what the court gave them. Can you blame them, if that's what the situation was?

The real problem is that the courts required doctors to be present in first place, and then when the doctors asked for appropriate assurance that they'd not lose their licenses, the courts balked. To me, that's the court's fault.

Maybe we charge the judge with obstruction of justice.


78 posted on 02/21/2006 7:03:16 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: BraveMan

Yeah, it is one of the wonderful things about living here. I can easily ride 340 or more days a year.


79 posted on 02/21/2006 7:03:54 AM PST by Melas (What!? Read or learn something? Why would anyone do that, when they can just go on being stupid)
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To: Brilliant
The judge has already obstructed justice by interfering in California's right to carry out its laws.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

80 posted on 02/21/2006 7:04:28 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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