Somebody made a looped animated GIF showing Saddam falling through the trap door, then rising back up, getting hung over and over. Ah, yes, here it is ... Bungee Saddam:
Posted on 01/28/2014 12:56:48 PM PST by Second Amendment First
As death penalty states struggle to obtain drugs suitable for lethal injections, more old-fashioned methods of executing prisoners are getting another look.
Lawmakers in Missouri and Wyoming have introduced measures this month that would give their states an option to use firing squads — instead of lethal drugs — to carry out executions. Another bill proposed by a Virginia lawmaker would authorize death by electrocution if lethal injection isn’t possible.
The measures have surfaced as a number of pharmaceutical firms have barred corrections departments from buying drugs that could be used in executions, forcing states to scramble for other suppliers and to experiment with alternative drugs.
The botched, 26-minute execution of an Ohio inmate earlier this month — using a cocktail of chemicals never before used in a U.S. execution — underscored the problem.
“This isn’t an attempt to time-warp back into the 1850s or the wild, wild West or anything like that,” Missouri state Rep. Rick Brattin, who sponsored the fire squad legislation, told the Associated Press, which reported on the bills. “It’s just that I foresee a problem, and I’m trying to come up with a solution that will be the most humane yet most economical for our state.”
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Somebody made a looped animated GIF showing Saddam falling through the trap door, then rising back up, getting hung over and over. Ah, yes, here it is ... Bungee Saddam:
That was my first thought, as well. Make it an option, only one family member in the squad of five, do them all on Fridays at 9:00-10:00 PM, televise it, and have it sponsored by Remington, or somebody.
Sign me up.
That will make the enviros happy.
Still a no-go. The only method of execution allowed to non-Jews is “the sword” (beheading)—although hanging also fulfills the requirements.
I am for the option to self terminate while on death row.
Put your head up against this pain of glass, now push the button. The shotgun blast takes the head clean off.
Automated water spray washes down the cell afterwards.
Just give the perp an ipod with a bunch of old Obama speeches (like he gave the Queen) and that should cause death in about 30 min. Though might be considered cruel and unusual...
Holy crap Joe that fellow’s got some biiiig muzzles pointed at hisself!
POP POP two behind the ear, then again with the price of 22’s there may be cheaper way’s.
Why doesn’t a state pass a law stating that any drug company that refuses to sell a death penalty drug to the state government is barred from selling any drugs in the state?
Three rifles pointed as his chest, and one at his groin....
“Will the libs count that as “gun violence”?”
Yup. The read off the Boston Bomber’s name as a victim of gun violence after they were killed in firefights with police.
- You think the death penalty serves justice because it's an "eye for an eye." Fair enough except for one problem: Somebody has already paid "an eye for an eye" for those criminals and their heinous acts, so unjust double jeopardy is in play here.
- What about the victims and their family? Countless personal and professional examples testify to the fact that there is only one way victims of savagery can recover from the hurt and angst of victimization: forgiveness. Revenge feels good for awhile but does not relieve the pain.
- What about society? You lock up dangerous criminals to protect society.
- What about the cost? Oh, OK well I guess there is such thing as killing for convenience, but let's take another tack which hits directly at our medieval penal system: prisoners should be productive and at least pay their way in prison.
The constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
It does not guarantee a painless execution.
The inmate can choose the animal that eats them. I’d pick a Liger.
What a load of tripe.
Your definition of a lib is someone you disagree with? Sadness. That’s how the Leftists argue - labeling, calling names, anything off the substantive point because what they stand for fails every time in the forum of ideas.
Put a .32acp laded with Glasers against the back of his head and pull the trigger.
You can even have an open coffin funeral
I prefer the hanging tree, but the firing squad works for me.
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