[oldbrowser]

U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel gave prison officials a choice last week: bring in doctors to ensure Morales was properly anesthetized, or skip the usual paralyzing and heart-stopping drugs and execute him with an overdose of a sedative.

This "judge" is twisting the law into a pretzel. This is beyond "activist judges", we are now getting into the area of "1984" where execution means whatever some crackpot judge wants it to mean.

If they were to find a medical professional willing to violate his oath and administer the drugs, I bet the judge would require that the doctor be a seven foot tall left handed midget.

[jordan8]

Morales was condemned in 1983 for killing 17-year-old Terri Winchell, who was attacked with a hammer, stabbed and left to die half-naked in a vineyard.

They left out raped. On purpose.

[newzjunkey]

The outrageous things that go on in our system of justice are at times mind-numbing.

[onyx]

This is absolutely horrid.

[Tax Government]

As part of the judicial confirmation process, EVERY judge should be required to push a button that is necessary to execute a condemned prisoner. Yes, these events are few and far between. But EVERY judge should be required to show his/her willingness to implement the capital punishment law, to the point of personally pushing a button necessary to carry out an execution.

I envision a table with a bunch of buttons, each "staffed" by one judge-waiting-confirmation. At the time of execution, all must push a button for the process to continue.

[null and void]

May? Of this year?

[grey_whiskers]

The U.S. Supreme Court has never directly addressed the constitutionality of lethal injection or whether it causes inmates excessive pain.

Repeat after me:

Injection of lethal doses of potassium chloride after administration of anaesthesia is cruel and unusual

but

Partial Birth Abortion is a womyn's "right"...

Alamo, where's the pro-life ping list? I know opinions differ on capital punishment, but the distinction here still should be made...

Prayers for all!

[Brytani]

Next they will tell us that the pain associated with putting in an IV to administer the drugs is cruel and unusual because there is a small amount of pain associated with it.

What else should we expect out of the land of fruits and nuts.

[BooksForTheRight.com]

Liberals were not concerned over the pain endured by Terry Schiavo. They squash debate over the pain felt by an unborn baby when it is killed. Then they do this!
Being liberal means that you can hold contradictory views at the same time.
Liberalism is a mental illness.

[lunarbicep]

California reveals new procedure for executions