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Inmate protests execution drugs as worse than a firing squad [Ricky Gray, VA]
Associated Press ^ | Dec 14, 2016 5:34 PM EST | Alanna Durkin Richer

Posted on 12/14/2016 5:08:12 PM PST by Olog-hai

A Virginia inmate asked a federal court Wednesday to block the state’s plans to execute him next month with lethal injection drugs from a secret compounding pharmacy, suggesting even a firing squad would be more humane.

Attorneys for Ricky Gray said in a federal complaint that there is a serious risk that Virginia will “chemically torture” the man to death when it uses compounded drugs for his execution scheduled for Jan. 18. Although firing squads aren’t permitted under Virginia law, his attorneys argue even that method would be a more humane alternative. […]

Gray’s attorneys plan to ask Gov. Terry McAuliffe to commute his sentence to life in prison, arguing that jurors did not hear enough evidence about Gray’s history as a sexual abuse victim and resulting drug use before they chose to sentence him to death, The Virginian-Pilot reported this week. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: babykiller; deathpenalty; firingsquad; gray; lethalinjection; mcauliffe; rickygray
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To: Olog-hai

I agree. Start shooting the rabble.


21 posted on 12/14/2016 5:20:35 PM PST by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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To: morphing libertarian

I agree, give them a choice.

Yes, Gilmore chose the firing squad but like you I don’t know either if Utah still has it.


22 posted on 12/14/2016 5:20:53 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: King Moonracer

“Gray claims he doesn’t remember the killings because he was high on PCP.”

Give him PCP and then administer the hot shots. Problemo solvedo.


23 posted on 12/14/2016 5:21:13 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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To: Olog-hai
What's wrong with 100ml's of uncut top shelf heroin?

Shhesh! this country is full of pencil pushing dimwits.

24 posted on 12/14/2016 5:21:50 PM PST by blackdog
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To: jazusamo

Well, cinve their victims didn’t get a choice, I say this:

Give them a choice. Whichever one they choose, use the other one.


25 posted on 12/14/2016 5:22:32 PM PST by Right-wing Librarian
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To: Right-wing Librarian

since their victims...


26 posted on 12/14/2016 5:23:13 PM PST by Right-wing Librarian
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To: Palio di Siena

$300 worth of heroin works nicely. Ask any EMT?


27 posted on 12/14/2016 5:23:20 PM PST by blackdog
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To: Olog-hai

So what is the problem with Carbon Monoxide? It’s cheap and apparently painless. The victims just go to sleep. Ditto natural gas.


28 posted on 12/14/2016 5:25:04 PM PST by arthurus (Mrs Clinton is The Great Conniver.)
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To: Right-wing Librarian

Agreed, much to be said for that.


29 posted on 12/14/2016 5:25:34 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Palio di Siena
What is unbelievable is that Virginia spent $66k for the drugs to execute 2 people.
Big Pharma.

Not Big Pharma. Not this time. A compounding pharmacy with obvious connections. IOW, they made it from scratch on the cheap. Can you say K-I-C-K-B-A-C-K ? Sure you can.

30 posted on 12/14/2016 5:27:45 PM PST by BipolarBob
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To: blackdog

Roger that.


31 posted on 12/14/2016 5:28:24 PM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: Olog-hai

Why can vets put down animals humanely without a bunch of pain and suffering, yet we can’t put our dirt bags down...?


32 posted on 12/14/2016 5:30:26 PM PST by Popman
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To: BipolarBob

99 plus per cent margin. Ain’t America great.


33 posted on 12/14/2016 5:30:26 PM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: Olog-hai

Gray was convicted of killing Bryan and Kathryn Harvey and their 9-year-old and 4-year-old daughters during a home invasion. Bryan was a musician and Kathryn was co-owner of the World of Mirth toy store.


Kill him.


34 posted on 12/14/2016 5:30:55 PM PST by samtheman (Voted Trump)
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To: Olog-hai
The perp.

The family he killed.

And he's been implicated in other murders.

35 posted on 12/14/2016 5:39:04 PM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: Olog-hai

For most of this country’s history, hanging by the neck until dead worked just fine. Bring back the gallows, preferably in front of the court house so other can see what happens when you commit murder.


36 posted on 12/14/2016 5:39:13 PM PST by Mr. Rabbit
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To: arthurus

H2S. He’d never know what hit him.


37 posted on 12/14/2016 5:43:56 PM PST by KittenClaws ( Normalcy Bias. Do you have it?)
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To: a fool in paradise
Talk about a markeup. What is the cost at the local vet?

I believe they got some pharmacist to create the drug. No big company wants the liability. And the prison system does not want the liability (nor the PR issues) from using vet drugs.

If the prisoner is deemed to have "excessively suffered", his family's lawyers will be looking to sue everybody, including the pharmacist. The pharmacist's liability insurance does not cover manufacture of execution drugs. The pharmacist also risks harassment from Leftists and BLM (possibly including having his home firebombed) if his identity gets revealed.

Under such circumstances, what would YOU charge, to compensate for the risks?

38 posted on 12/14/2016 5:45:51 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: EDINVA

Thanks for posting that. Now tell me - where did I leave that rope? Oh, there it is, right by this tall tree...


39 posted on 12/14/2016 5:45:54 PM PST by islander-11
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To: Olog-hai

So shoot the cretin.


40 posted on 12/14/2016 5:48:42 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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