All the more reason to expand the death penalty. Our drug problem could be resolved if we followed Singapore's example of handing the death penalty to those that either use or sell drugs. (Fewer 'Cops' episodes.)
I may be the only one who thinks this way but it seems a bit extreme to advocate death for drug users.
The solution to this is so simple it’s amazing they haven’t just settled this already. If there’s any chance at all that the injection formula isn’t powerful enough to get the job done quickly, double the dosage. That’s lots cheaper than taking this to the courts.
A common claim is that executions - now down to about 60 per year - are too rare to deter criminals. (I know this was not YOUR argument)
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That’s an interesting argument that militates against ending the death penalty. It isn’t a constitutional argument, however; it is an argument for state legislatures to decide. And, of course, the death penalty deters all who are subjected to it.
You know...Funny thing...
Ammo is still relatively cheap these days...Even with the run on raw materials and a war(s) going on...
Its quick, relatively painless, it does leave a mess, but that could be a boon for a decline in unemployment...
I guess, depending on how you look at it...It could be either a win/win or lose/lose situation...
I also noticed there seemed to not be a good sense of where the overall court went on this...
I’m sure it’ll be a 5-4 split...But that swing vote is what concerns me...
Just a sampling of 3 “wonderful” people who have active death warrants in Florida, however, the USSC will make sure these scum have more years to breath good air.
Mark Schwab was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of eleven-year-old Junny Rios-Martinez. On 04/18/91, Junny Rios-Martinez was kidnapped, raped, and murdered. His body was discovered on 04/21/91.
Schwab was released from prison in March of 1991 after serving three years for sexual assault. During the same month, a picture of Junny Rios-Martinez, the victim, was published in the newspaper. Schwab saw the picture and called the family on the phone claiming that he was writing an article on the boy. Through this action and the promise of assisting the boy in a acquiring a contract to represent a surfing company, Schwab became friendly with the boy’s family.
http://www.floridacapitalcases.state.fl.us/case_updates/111129.doc
WAYNE TOMPKINS The victim’s friend, who went to the victim’s residence that day, stated she observed the defendant on top of the victim. She claimed the victim was struggling and screaming for help, and the subject was fondling her and pulling at her bathrobe. The friend, however, did not report the incident to the police until the investigation was underway.
The defendant admitted to his cellmate, in 1985, that he forcefully attempted to have sexual intercourse with the victim, who resisted his advances and fought him. The defendant claimed that due to the victim’s resistance, he strangled her and then buried her under their residence. Medical testimony indicated that the cause of death was asphyxiation by strangulation.
On June 5, 1984, the decomposed body was found buried underneath the residence.
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/ActiveInmates/Detail.asp?Bookmark=1&From=list&SessionID=213687789
The defendant, Robert Trease, and his accomplice Hope Siegel conspired to rob the victim Paul Edeson. The robbery resulted in Trease killing the victim with a knife.
Trease and Siegel planned for her to arrange a date with the victim so that she could learn where the victim kept a hidden safe. They planned to return later to recover any money the victim may have had. Siegel arrived at the victim’s home and after spending time with the victim, determined that he did not have a safe. She left the victim’s residence and met with Trease, to inform him that the victim did not own a safe. Trease followed Ms. Siegal back to the victim’s house where he surprised and attacked the victim in an effort to obtain the safe’s location. The victim continued to insist that he did not have a safe in his house. Trease told Siegel to get a gun, which he put to the victim’s head as he continued the questioning. The victim remained uncooperative so Trease fired a non-lethal bullet into his head and then asked Siegel to retrieve a knife. He then cut the victim’s throat resulting in his death. Subsequent to his arrest, Trease denied any knowledge or involvement in the crime. Siegel, however, gave a detailed statement implicating them both.
http://www.floridacapitalcases.state.fl.us/case_updates/124346.doc
My heart just bleeds
I feel the same way about people who talk on their cell phone while driving.
bump!
Perhaps the ACLU would prefer that we simply starve death row inmates to death instead. After all, death by dehydration/starvation is blissful and euphoric, not cruel.
I thought the Supremes were more conservative now?! “Lethal” is right!
It is stunning to me that the people on death row, many of whom have committed violent and brutal murders to get to death row, are afraid of being hurt when they are “put to sleep”.
How pathetic and despicable!!!
I agree that they shouldn’t be allowed to lie down on a gurney and be peacefully put to sleep.
They should have done to them what they did to their victims so they know exactly what their victims experienced!!
These people are nothing but bullies and crybabies and the SCOTUS should not only refuse to hear the case, they should drop the whole “cruel and unusual punishment” nonsense and let these cowards really have something to fear from their execution day.
Then, and (probably) only then, will we see the murder rate in the country dramtaically decline. The cowards may actually be forced to think twice about committing murder. When the punishments for crimes have no real teeth in them, the incidence of crimes only increases.
We need to put the teeth back in the punishment phase and stop pandering to MURDERERS!!!!!!
Our drug problem could be resolved if we followed Singapore’s example of handing the death penalty to those that either use or sell drugs.
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Absolutely LOL. You are the first poster on FR I have ever read that would have supported the death penalty for Rush Limbaugh (IIRC some of his Oxycontin may have come from other than legitimate sources).