Posted on 12/15/2006 10:37:15 PM PST by Zakeet
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge who imposed a moratorium on executions in California ruled Friday that the state's method of lethal injection is unconstitutional because it violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
California's "implementation of lethal injection is broken, but it can be fixed," U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel said.
Fogel said the case raised the question of whether a three-drug cocktail administered by the San Quentin State Prison is so painful that it "offends" the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Fogel said he was compelled "to answer that question in the affirmative."
Fogel's decision came on the same day that Florida Gov. Jeb Bush suspended all executions in that state after a botched execution this week.
Lethal injection is the preferred execution method in 37 states. Last month, a federal judge declared unconstitutional Missouri's injection method, which is similar to California's.
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld executions — by hanging, firing squad, electric chair and gas chamber — despite the pain they might cause, but has left unsettled the issue of whether the pain is unconstitutionally excessive.
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Just call executions retro-active abortion and liberal judges would fall all over themselves upholding them
How bout a bullet in the temple? That should be quick.
murder of innocents is unconstitutional as well... will you ban them your honor?
"The Justice System grinds to a halt while the Legal System grinds on."
We have neither.
We have a justice industry and crime management system.
And it will never change, at least not in our lifetimes.
Fine, lets go back to hanging. That was not unconstitutional for a couple of hundred years. It was thought neither cruel nor unusual, just effective at preventing repeat offenses.
Replace this perp with an unborn baby and this Klintoon appointee could give a damn about pain.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Just shoot them in the freaking head. How painful would that be? They'd be dead immediately. And that would save the state a lot of money too. How expensive is one bullet and a janitor to clean up the mess?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
And then they bill the person's family for the cost of the bullet.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Base of the skull. Trust me on this.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Too messy.
Better would be to run a morphine drip. 1 mg per minute for about 30 minutes ought to do it.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
I'm starting to think that Judges may be unconstitutional.
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