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Court denies appeal of inmate who says chosen method of death is unconstitutional
Memphis Commercial Appeal ^ | 6/19/7 | Lawrence Buser

Posted on 06/19/2007 3:23:46 PM PDT by SmithL

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I'm shocked,


but not nearly as much as Cone is going to be!

1 posted on 06/19/2007 3:23:50 PM PDT by SmithL
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How about beheading ? That’s got to be constitutional.


2 posted on 06/19/2007 3:25:07 PM PDT by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball

Or bludgeoning?


3 posted on 06/19/2007 3:28:18 PM PDT by doodad
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To: SmithL

I think that it would be quite a conflict of interest for a “circuit” court to pass judgment on the use of electricity! :)


4 posted on 06/19/2007 3:31:23 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: SmithL
They also alleged that electrocution violates the Eighth Amendment banning cruel and unusual punishment.

I never really thought of the death penalty as punishment. It's more like trash removal.

5 posted on 06/19/2007 3:33:12 PM PDT by magslinger (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors. And miss. R.A.Heinlein)
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To: SmithL

“Since Cone selected a method of execution different from the state’s default method, his objections to his chosen method of execution are waived and we do not reach the merits of his claim,” the three-judge appeals court panel said in a 2-1 decision filed today in Cincinnati.
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Ha Ha Ha! Lost his final con-game :)

Of all the methods but gas, “riding the lightening” as they call it - is the most likely to allow him to suffer like he deserves.


6 posted on 06/19/2007 3:33:23 PM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: the_Watchman
I think that it would be quite a conflict of interest for a “circuit” court to pass judgment on the use of electricity! :)

Quite schocking actually.

7 posted on 06/19/2007 3:34:42 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: the_Watchman

Watts amatter with those people?


8 posted on 06/19/2007 3:36:06 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: SmithL

Cleopatra Todd ...

not to demean the subject matter, but that is a name you dont see everyday.


9 posted on 06/19/2007 3:37:59 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: SmithL

The attorney that raised this frivolous claim should be sanctioned.


10 posted on 06/19/2007 3:38:36 PM PDT by PAR35
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If he didn’t really want to be electrocuted he should have volted for lethal injection.


11 posted on 06/19/2007 3:41:37 PM PDT by Felis_irritable (Dirty_Felis_Irritable...)
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To: SmithL

who cares??/...just put this POS down!!!!


12 posted on 06/19/2007 3:43:48 PM PDT by nyyankeefan
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To: SmithL

Perhaps he would prefer to be drawn and quartered?


13 posted on 06/19/2007 3:48:06 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Sic Semper Tyrannis ~ No Amnesty for Incumbents * WAHOO WA! ... UVA2009 * Fred Dalton Thompson 2008)
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To: HEY4QDEMS

wow....that is one grisly pic! I’d like to have it sent to this animal so he can admire it until he rides the lightning.....


15 posted on 06/19/2007 4:33:50 PM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: bill1952

She was considered elderly back in 1982, which means she was named close to the beginning of the 20th Century. A lot of names from that era have fallen into disuse.


16 posted on 06/19/2007 4:46:10 PM PDT by SmithL (si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To put the picture in perspective :

Allen Lee Davis (July 20, 1944 - July 8, 1999) was a mass murderer executed on July 8, 1999, for the May 11, 1982 Jacksonville, Florida murder of Nancy Weiler, who was three-months pregnant at the time. According to reports, Nancy Weiler, was “beaten almost beyond recognition” by Davis with a .357, and hit over 25 times in the face and head.

He was also convicted of killing Nancy Weiler’s two daughters, Kristina (9, shot twice in the face) and Katherine (5, shot as she was trying to run away). Davis was on parole for armed robbery at the time of the murders.


17 posted on 06/19/2007 4:52:54 PM PDT by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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To: SmithL

You don’t run into students of Goethe everyday either. 8^)


18 posted on 06/19/2007 4:56:48 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: doodad

Bada Bing! Maybe place his head under the wheels of an SUV and releasing the hand brake!


19 posted on 06/19/2007 5:36:04 PM PDT by Young Werther ( and Julius Ceasar said, "quae cum ita sunt." (or since these things are so!))
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To: SmithL
No execution date has been set for Cone, now 58, who was a Vietnam veteran and prelaw student from Arkansas.

Gee, maybe he was a good guy after all. After seeing this, I've had a change of heart. Maybe Bush should pardon him. /sarc.

20 posted on 06/19/2007 5:46:42 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Withhold Taxes - Starve a Liberal)
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