The state would likely be able to put together a firing squad in a week. The National Guard is available.
In before the ZZZZZZOT
“So Sigmon and Owens are set to die by the only method available, electrocution...”
I can think of a whole bunch of other ways to get the job done!😎
What does “arguably unavailable” mean?
Is it available, or not?
Seriously, I have a box of 22lr that I’d gladly fork over to help out. And more if they need it. Quick, decisive, no chance of recidivism . . . call me
“cruel and unusual punishment”
Were their victims murdered humanely?
They can always insist on the “usual” method of execution employed at the time of the writing of the 8th amendment — hanging.
Perhaps to appease the libs they can use wind or solar powered voltage.
Well, bye.
Just to troll the lefties, re states should convert their electric chairs to operate solely from renewable power.
As a backup they could build a gallows at the wind farm, in case it’s a calm day.
I want my firing squad and I want it now. My body my choice. It’s against my religion to be electrified. Electricity production causes scary Climate Change and I want my lead bullets, preferably in the heart. To the dirty B$%%^^&*d that is aiming at my groin, a pox on you and your family.
SPJNK.
Several years ago I was speaking to law enforcement officials in South Carolina who were very supportive of criminal execution. They were generally not supportive of shooting as a means of death.
The reasons they listed is that it’s quite a task to keep the inmate still so missing the shot was not uncommon. Secondly, those who did the shooting were frequently suffers of PTSD.
I think there has been a lot of turmoil regarding methods of execution because there were frequent enough misses, no matter the method. If you have to attempt several executions on one individual, it does begin to border on cruel and unusual punishment.
Execution day is not a happy day for anyone. It’s horribly sad that those among us would commit such horrendous crimes against their fellow countrymen that it warrants such drastic measures to put a permenent stop to protect society.
But it’s also cruel and unusual punishment against those who are survivorss of those crimes, who have experienced the ugly process of time and emotional rollercoasters of apprehension of the killer(s), the court system, reciept of a verdict of execution and then the lengthy wait as the offender pursues his right to appeal only to find a moratorium against criminal executions. It’s unjust when spouses, children, parents have to wait to long that natural death comes upon them that they never see justice served.
Brad and Freddie are apparently going to fry next week! I guess they won’t be murdering anyone else. A great deterrent!
“...plaintiffs haven’t demonstrated that lethal injection is substantially less painful than electrocution...”
So electrocute them, then give them lethal injections, and ask them which was more painful.
Owens, 43, was first sentenced to death in 1999 for the Halloween, 1997 murder of Irene Graves, a convenience store clerk. Owens had shot the woman in the head amidst a robbery because she couldn't open the store's safe. He has been sentenced to death three times, reports the publication. His execution is scheduled for June 25.
Maybe the Electric Chair is cruel and unusual punishment. Too bad.
I can’t understand how no drugs are available for putting them down painlessly. Give them the same stuff as used for hundreds (probably thousands) of colonoscopies every day; once they are in la-la land, have them breathe pure carbon monoxide until dead. They’ll die quickly with zero pain, with no spectacle, and the ingredients are cheap and readily available.
Whether such an easy death is Just is a philosophical question beyond our weak and corrupt society to face. I prefer that the condemned face death fully conscious so they can fully consider the consequences of their crimes.