... it would be more humane to let this murderer be eaten alive by cancer than to give him an overdose of painkillers.
... it would be more humane to let this murderer be eaten alive by cancer than to give him an overdose of painkillers.
He'll have a family member hold him down while he gives him the lethal injection.
Yet another reason for states to quietly allow the use of the firing squad, as alternative to other means of execution.
It is technically simple, requires no special ability other than deer rifles and LEOs. The wooden firing line can be built in a day. Even any blood spatter can be mitigated by having the condemned wear an absorbent vest.
There is no way that it rises to the level of a “cruel or unusual” punishment, legally, and it is far harder to appeal than any other means of execution.
Alabama?
Somewhere in ‘bama they probably have an old Sparky in a basement or warehouse. A bit of maintenance and in a few hours it would likely be ready to zap. No veins needed. Just a few tight cinches, a skull cap, and ZAPPPPPPP!
Impeach, convict, and remove this scum federal judge.
OK. Give him 100% pure dry nitrogen to breathe. Lymphoma and hepatitis aren't relevant to that.
In most cases, I'd want the bastard executed on the scheduled date, in this case, let him suffer and slowly, rot away.
Some times death is a blessing and this asshole deserves more pain.
The only reason capital punishment methods is still an issue is because both sides want it to be.
So the old phrase “I’m so sick I’d have to get better to die” is true?
WEll - yes, sort of...
#1 - how can someone be “too sick” to execute? That makes no sense at all.
#2 - Lets say he does have cancer and it is killing him.. the taxpayers will pay for his pain meds and any treatment he wants to “save his life”, if possible. Seriously - you can’t make this garbage up. it’s his “constitutional rights” to receive treatment at taxpayer expense... (while real, law-abiding, taxpayers often have to make hard decisions about treatment options based on their finances).
You just can’t make this stuff up.
too sick to die.
When I lived in Washington state back in the 1990's, there was this guy who was skinny when he was arrested. After he was convicted, he was in prison and what did he do?? He started eating to his heart's content. He bought Snickers candy bars in the prison store. He started to gain weight and more weight and more weight, and MORE.
During that period, early 1990's, WA state's execution was still by HANGING. Now it is by lethal injection. But, he was to be hung. So, here was this FAT, well over 300 pounds and his attorney filed a motion that it was unconstitutional to hang the guy, because he was so fat that his head would be torn off his neck when they dropped him down the hole. That all that weight would tear his head off. Sooooooo, what happened??? The MASSIVELY liberal Washington State Supreme Court AGREED with the defense counsel, and the FAT assed murderer is now doing LIFE, with no parole. He gets to keep living. I think, and a lot of people in the State agreed with me, that he should have been put on a 1,000 calorie diet and made to lose sufficient weight to where he could be hung. But, no, he is alive and well, doing life down at the state prison. So, thankfully now they have the injection and fat boys cannot pull that again. That came in quickly after the guy got life instead of being executed.