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U.S. states could turn to firing squads if execution drugs scarce
Yahoo News ^ | Jan 18, 2014 | Kevin Murphy

Posted on 01/18/2014 5:02:59 AM PST by Anton.Rutter

Lawmakers for at least two U.S. states say they should conduct executions by firing squad if opposition to capital punishment by pharmaceutical companies makes it hard to obtain drugs for lethal injections.

States have turned to pharmacies that customize drugs and adopted untested new mixes after supplies of traditional execution drugs were cut off by manufacturers opposed to their use for the procedure.

The debate over lethal injections was reignited on Thursday when an inmate gasped and convulsed violently during his execution in Ohio as the state used a two-drug method for the first time in the United States.

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To: Contrarius

I’m more in line with Texas in that respect: if you have 3 people who witnessed it, that’s grounds for summary judgement. Murder, no doubt. Rape, there needs to be some justification. For instance, was a rape kit done on the victim, and does it show the perp’s DNA? If a man and a woman are complete strangers, and a man’s pubic hair is found on a woman’s body, I think that’s pretty clear evidence of sexual assault. There’s a higher bar for rape since it’s a he said/she said thing.

I don’t disagree that rape is difficult to prosecute, but if there’s clear cut evidence of sexual assault or a history of sexual assaults by a single man/woman, why allow that person to continue raping or put them up in a cushy cell for the rest of their life?


41 posted on 01/18/2014 7:12:12 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Abathar
Yep, but we need more practice; a lot more practice.
42 posted on 01/18/2014 7:21:46 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Anton.Rutter

Firing squad would be good. They could conduct lotteries like in hunting, and the winners make up the squad. $500 buy-in. Bring your own weapon.


43 posted on 01/18/2014 7:36:10 AM PST by SgtHooper (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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To: Anton.Rutter

Just put all that confiscated heroin to good use. Hire a State Chemist to purify it for exclusive use as the execution drug and administer 10 to 20 times the lethal dosage by multiple IV pushes. There are plenty of stories of junkies dying with needles still in their arms.


44 posted on 01/18/2014 7:39:27 AM PST by nomad
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To: Contrarius

How about identity theft that takes your savings, ruins your life for years?

Firing squad sounds perfect to me.


45 posted on 01/18/2014 7:40:17 AM PST by SgtHooper (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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To: rarestia

Rape and child molestation are incurable. Help the ba$tards into their next life.


46 posted on 01/18/2014 7:43:59 AM PST by SgtHooper (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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To: Anton.Rutter

The sword (or axe) might brutalize the executioner.

The guillotine is better - but the long drop is just as good.

Modern methods are actually much worse than beheading or long drop hanging - and medical execution is, in my opinion, the worst of all, since it turns a ritual (and people) usually associated with care into killers.

I’m a physician, and I would gladly release the trapdoor or the blade, or even pull the trigger if necessary. But I would never, never start an IV or calculate a lethal dose of a drug.

Just one man’s opinion.


47 posted on 01/18/2014 7:47:04 AM PST by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: Anton.Rutter

The North Koreans seem to have some novel ways of execution. Having the condemned being eaten by dogs might be appropriate for Muslim terrorists like 9/11 mastermind KLM. However having the condemned be the target for a mortar round has possibilities. Maybe just packing the condemned with explosives would be easier and in addition to painless saves the cost of burying the POS.


48 posted on 01/18/2014 8:05:18 AM PST by The Great RJ
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To: Anton.Rutter

Rope is cheap and reusable. Better, why not give the convicted the option of nitrogen asphyxiation so their organs can be harvested?


49 posted on 01/18/2014 9:24:40 AM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Anton.Rutter

Why don’t they just push them out of a helicopter at 1,000 feet. That way they can enjoy a few moments of freedom before they meet their maker.


50 posted on 01/18/2014 9:37:59 AM PST by Cementjungle
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