Judge: Consciousness is key to a painless execution

ap on Riverside Press Enterprise ^ | 9/29/06 | David Kravets - ap

[NormsRevenge]

When the pain of the inmate is more of a concern to a Judge than the pain of the victim and family left behind and the jury of the condemned peers' decision, what can you say?

[NormsRevenge]

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[Hoodlum91]

I kinda hope he's fully aware as the needle goes in - and every step thereafter.

[Spacemonkey1023]

Aku Soku Zan

[OldFriend]

Well then. I'll volunteer to bash the murderer in the head with a sledge hammer so he feels no pain from the needles.

[sgtbono2002]

I have said it before I will say it again.

Overdose them whioth heroin and let them spnd heir last minutes on top of th world. I can guarantee there is no pain. I have seen too many overdoses get up and go out for more heroin when they wake up. Only these wouldnt wake up.

[wolfcreek]

Who Cares? The perp sure didn't!

[Triggerhippie]

If it is neither cruel nor unusual, it's not punishment.

[Mark was here]

If the guilty are shot in the court room before the verdict is read out loud, the guilty will never have to contemplate their demise.

This should ease the Judge's tortured conscious.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Now if this pinhead "judge" can come up with the "key" to "painless" rapes and homicides we'll be getting somewhere.

[little jeremiah]

There is no reason on earth why executions should be painless.

I loathe the ACLU with every fiber of my being.

[Alouette]

The most painless form of execution is the guillotine, although it is very messy.

[little jeremiah]

LOL!

[El Oviedo]

Here's one method to prove he is conscious.

Put a handkerchief around his eyes.
Bring him to stand against a wall.
Then shoot him.......

[MHGinTN]

I wonder, would the rulers of America (the judges) consider using dehydration and starving to death to get rid of the perps? It was so humane with Terri Shiavo (Felos said she was euphoric!), why not use it with these heinous criminals.

[Redcloak]

If they really want the perp unconscious before they make the 2nd and 3rd injections, then a .45 to the brainpan ought to suffice.

[longtermmemmory]

This is a red herring.

The condemed is ALWAYS CONCIOUS OF HIS STATUS ON DEATH ROW.

This reminds me of a Scifi story that was in the old OMNI magazine.

The defendant had to wait in an apartment during jury deliberations. If if the jury found him guilty "something" in the apartment would kill him. (Poison in the water, poison oderless gas, etc.) In the end it was a electricuting door knob after a false sign flashed a "not guilty" verdict. It was more humane.

[little jeremiah]

These people are criminally insane psychopaths.

They nauseate and anger me beyond any words.

They are assistants and brethren of the criminals they love so much.

[cgk]

I've never been one to hijack a thread, and am not even sure this is doing so, BUT...

perhaps the judge can recommend a pair of scissors jammed at the base of the skull for those killers condemned to die? After all, that is already an accepted form of execution, and we are told: painless!

[MHGinTN]

Would you reccommend the cannula be used also, to suck out the brain, as it is with the partially born alive children democrats defend the slaughter of?