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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What is wrong with using expired drugs to execute criminals? Will the expired drugs fail to work? Lead poisoning (bullets) works every time it is tried.
I am a total conservative, and I used to work at San Quentin, so you might guess where I stand on the issue.
Washington — A US man was executed Wednesday in the state of Texas for murdering a recording studio owner whose equipment he also stole, prison authorities said.
Ray Jasper, 33, who had spent the past 14 years on death row, was declared dead by lethal injection at 6:31 pm (0031 GMT Thursday) in Huntsville, a Texas prison spokesman said.
In his final words, Jasper thanked his supporters and urged his family to “please take care of each other”.
Do they still sterilize the needle?
Heaven forbid if they develop a nasty infection.
Yep they have one more this month and three scheduled for
next month to say their ‘good-byes’.....
Even given my mistrust of our legal system, I stand by my contention that the death penalty is life affirming. Anything less devalues the life of the victim. Unless the ultimate penalty is applied for the cold blooded, premeditated taking of an innocent life, one embarks on a slippery slope of assessing how much less than the ultimate penalty should be applied for the taking of the victim's life. In some European countries 15 years is deemed the "ultimate penalty." Once you start accepting or negotiating it down to something less, you start playing with the relative worth of the victim.
Personally, I'm of the opinion that the death penalty ought to be on the table for any crime in which the victim would have been justified resisting with lethal force. In such cases, it is the criminal who decided the fruits of the crime were worth more than his or her life. I'm not saying it should be applied in all such cases, but it should certainly be an option, particularly in the case of repeat violent offenders.
I do agree that there are problems with wrongful prosecutions, and the easy remedy to that is that prosecutors who are found to have covered up exculpatory evidence, suborned perjury or exercised any other type of bad faith be automatically subject to the same penalty they sought upon their conviction...
Dang- I was hoping for my idea to put into action- a firing squad, chosen by lottery tickets (The profits from the lottery could be given to the victim’s family, or assigned to a charity of their choice). Imagine the money that could be raised- especially if they let us use our own guns and ammo!
Heaven forbid if they develop a nasty infection.
LOL, good question. I never thought of that, but you might be on to something here. We certainly would not want them to accidently get a dose of HIV or something like that, when they are getting their fatal injection now would we?
These are your words, sir: “the fact that innocents have been executed should be enough to stop this practice.”
DuncanWaring in post 26 asks that you name one person who has been put to death and who was not guilty. It’s time to tell us where we went wrong, just once.
Sorry, DuncanWaring, I meant to ping you on my post 50. So, here I make up for it.
Well, no one’s seen Walter White or Jesse Pinkman for a little while now...just saying...
Still waiting for the name of one “executed innocent”.
Johnny Garrett, Texas, 1992. Jesse Tafero, Florida, 1990. The legal term for it is “wrongful execution”. Lot of papers presented on the subject at the American Society of Criminology.
It is interesting that you waited until April Fool’s Day to present your findings, which I think must be in jest.
If not, details, please.
I’m not RightwardHo. I’m just providing the answers to the questions you asked. The details are available if you Google those names.
It’s my favorite Texas thang:
“Texas doesn’t have the electric chair. They have electric ~bleachers~”
{snicker}
Oops, sorry about that. I was so focused on the issue that I mistook you for the guy who first broached the subject.
Texans really need to create one and set a whole new standard of efficiency.
Truth be told, each case on death row deserves a forensic investigation before they end up executing anyone. Forensics and DNA has exonerated a lot of people and has saved many lives.
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