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Vote for firing squad shows frustration with drug shortages
apnews.myway.com ^ | March 11, 2015 | BRADY McCOMBS and LINDSAY WHITEHURST

Posted on 03/11/2015 8:31:45 PM PDT by PROCON

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A vote by Utah lawmakers to bring back executions by firing squad is the most dramatic illustration yet of the nationwide frustration over bungled executions and shortages of lethal-injection drugs.

Utah and several other states are scrambling to modify their laws on the heels of a botched Oklahoma lethal injection last year and one in Arizona in which the condemned man took nearly two hours to die. Meanwhile, Texas executed a Mexican mafia hit man Wednesday evening with its second-to-last dosage of drugs.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty; firingsquad; lethalinjectiondrugs
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a botched Oklahoma lethal injection last year and one in Arizona in which the condemned man took nearly two hours to die.

Cool, now it'll only take a few milliseconds for the perp to die with a well placed bullet to the heart.

This way he won't "suffer".

Satisfied now liberals?

1 posted on 03/11/2015 8:31:46 PM PDT by PROCON
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Whatever happened to hanging by the neck until dead?

IN PUBLIC! I’ll donate the lumber for the gallows.


2 posted on 03/11/2015 8:36:10 PM PDT by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED.)
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why not just take em OUTBACK??? sandbags cost money


3 posted on 03/11/2015 8:36:54 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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Was Gary Gilmore the last one to be shot? I remember that one from when I was a kid. Made a movie too, with Tommy Lee Jones, IIRC.


4 posted on 03/11/2015 8:38:04 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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5 posted on 03/11/2015 8:39:08 PM PDT by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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Odd that the exact same drugs that are cruel and unusual for executions are perfectly A-OK for assisted suicide...


6 posted on 03/11/2015 8:39:24 PM PDT by null and void (Obama has received so many Pinocchios Valerie JarretÂ’s secret service code name is Geppetto.)
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why not just take em OUTBACK??? sandbags cost money

I very much doubt any of the members of the firing squad will miss. I don't think the sandbags are in any danger. :)

7 posted on 03/11/2015 8:43:56 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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To: PROCON

A bullet is instantaneous. “Lethal injections” are for sissy boys.


8 posted on 03/11/2015 8:44:45 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hillary 2016! Because we don't have anybody else! - The DNC donors)
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I don't know why the states couldn't just find a chemist and brew up whatever concoction they needed themselves.

I actually resent the H3ll out of those pansy @$$ Europeans trying to impose *THEIR* morality on us by attempting to with hold drugs used in executions.

9 posted on 03/11/2015 8:46:27 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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Odd that the exact same drugs that are cruel and unusual for executions are perfectly A-OK for assisted suicide...

Hmmm....never thought of that one...

Why are you so racist? </libthought>

10 posted on 03/11/2015 8:46:46 PM PDT by PROCON (Always Give 100% --- Unless you're donating blood.)
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They could just behead them. I hear that’s the new thing now and saves on bullets at the same time...twofer.


11 posted on 03/11/2015 8:47:20 PM PDT by freedom6178
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To: DiogenesLamp

ahahaha likely not


12 posted on 03/11/2015 8:48:13 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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I think I would choose the firing squad if I had to be executed.

It just seems so much more manly.

I saw film of WWII German Werewolves during the Battle of the Bulge. They were tied to posts and instantly turned into rag dolls. Did not appear to suffer at all.


13 posted on 03/11/2015 8:49:01 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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I sat with my dog while they put him to sleep. He was gone before you knew it... he was gone before even he knew it. Gentle and quick.

So, I think they know how to do it if they want to.


14 posted on 03/11/2015 8:52:57 PM PDT by marron
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What is the purpose of the sandbags?


15 posted on 03/11/2015 8:55:48 PM PDT by deadrock (I is someone else.)
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Everyone just needs to follow Oho's lead.

Ohio Replaces Lethal Injection With Humane New Head-Ripping-Off Machine

16 posted on 03/11/2015 8:56:41 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Veggie Todd

SNL used to do a VERY funny skit about Gary Gilmore wanting to die.

I laughed so hard it hurt.

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17 posted on 03/11/2015 8:57:45 PM PDT by Mears (To learn, who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."Voltaire))
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To: deadrock

In case the decease explodes it stops the body parts from damaging the rest of the apparatus?/s


18 posted on 03/11/2015 9:00:58 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Drew68

ROTFLMAO! Nice one! The pretty commentator seemed so serious.


19 posted on 03/11/2015 9:08:05 PM PDT by PROCON (Always Give 100% --- Unless you're donating blood.)
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To: 43north
A proper hanging takes practice, and we are too awash in guilt about the whole capital punishment meme for good hangmen to practice. Too short a drop and they dance, strangling, too far and the head pops off. On Youtube, watch "The Last Hangman" about Albert Pierrepoint, who scored 435.

The Russians have long since made shooting quick and easy. The condemned is led through a series of doors to the shower, and one time Someone steps in behind and pops a bullet into the back of his head. Fast, clean, cheap.

My thought is, if you aren't going to do it right, don't do it at all.

20 posted on 03/11/2015 9:09:02 PM PDT by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted...)
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