Posted on 03/19/2014 3:20:30 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas has obtained a new batch of the drugs it uses to execute death row inmates, allowing the state to continue carrying out death sentences once its existing supply expires at the end of the month.
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You can’t throw the baby out with the bath water.
Basically it was everyones fault but his.
On 11/29/98, Jasper and two co-defendants were responsible for the death of a 33-year old white male, which took place during a robbery. The victim was a musical engineer who owned a recording studio in San Antonio. Jasper had created his own record label and had his own rap group. Jasper went to the recording studio of the victim. He walked up behind the victim and grabbed him by the hair and slit his throat. The victim was then stabbed to death. Jasper covered the victim with a black sheet in order to "not have to look at him." Jasper then began loading vehicles with the equipment inside the studio, estimated to be worth between $10,000 and $30,000. Jasper and his codefendants made several trips taking the property from the studio, and upon returning to the scene of the crime, he was observed to be suspicious, and eventually apprehended by police.
Texas finds new supply of execution drugs
But correction officials will not say where they bought the drugs, arguing that information
must be kept secret to protect the safety of its new supplier.....
“We are not disclosing the identity of the pharmacy because of previous, specific threats
of serious physical harm made against businesses and their employees that have provided
drugs used in the lethal injection process,” said Texas Department of Criminal Justice
spokesman Jason Clark.
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They probably got it from China or India.
Name one.
How many innocents have died because they were murdered by those who were undeterred due to the uncertainty of execution?
You gon’ die!
Drugs or no drugs, I miss ol’ sparky!
Strap ‘em in and let the sparkster carry them to the other side.
Yeah, Moooshele’s Dull House Cookies, a drop dead recipe..
Why is this so hard? Why Does this have to be so expensive?
Rope has been around for what? 5,000 Years?!
It is, however, the only deterrent that NEVER fails. None of them commit additional crimes - and that can't be said about ANY other sentence that has been passed!
Don’t know why drugs should be wasted on this vermin. A hammer would do just fine and be more appropriate in most cases
From where? Winchester or Remington?
I stand by my position that anti-death penalty is a conservative principle.
Who chose you as our spokesman?
Anti-Death Penalty is YOUR principle. You don’t dictate our beliefs.
If they have to use drugs, they can probably find enough Heroin down on the corner in about 20 minutes to do the job several times over.
Fat Freddy about killing the Thanksgiving turkey: “I was very humane, I gave it an overdose of reds.”
Freewheelin’ Franklin: “What did you use for the stuffing?”
Freddy: “Stuffing?”
Franklin: “The stuffing [bleep], what did you stuff it with?”
Freddy: “I didn’t have to stuff it. It wasn’t empty.”
........I recently wrote on FR about how I had been pro death penalty all my life without reservation. Now, I do not think our courts are competent to put people to death in situations where there is “circumstantial evidence” and/or testimony from witnesses that are less than reliable.
In this guys case, there is apparently no doubt he did what he was convicted of so, that being true, I would load the needle myself.
But, with all due respect, I want to question that there is some absolute bullet proof evidence that someone has been executed mistakenly. I am not saying your wrong. I’m just saying ‘is there any proof’ you can cite as I can’t recall any such proof ever being laid on the table.
I remember years ago hearing a preacher say, “Tell them about Jesus and put them in the electric chair.” There’s always hope for repentance and forgiveness.
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