Posted on 11/29/2015 6:03:09 PM PST by Titus-Maximus
Why Oklahoma became the first state to approve nitrogen gas as a lethal injection alternative
In the weeks following the execution of Clayton Lockett, the Oklahoma death row inmate whose botched lethal injection triggered a statewide moratorium on executions, lawmakers there began rethinking their approach to capital punishment. Among the people they called on to help was Michael Copeland.
Copeland is a criminal justice professor at East Central University, a public school with about 6,000 students in Ada, Okla. From 2010 to 2013, he was the director of the anti-fraud unit at the Oklahoma Insurance Department. Before that, he was an assistant attorney general for the Republic of Palau, a small island nation in the Pacific Ocean. Copeland is not a doctor. He has no medical training. But what he does have is a close relationship with Oklahoma legislators, some of whom he’s known for years. And they often ask Copeland to conduct research and gather data that could help shape bills. He’s worked with legislators on reducing the number of uninsured motorists, for example, and helped draft guidelines for the transportation of the mentally ill who are a danger to themselves and others
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Hanging, the very best method ever. It scares the bejesus out of bad guys too.
Hanging, the very best method ever. It scares the bejesus out of bad guys too.
“Botched executions.” What a phrase. Are they dead? Then it was not botched. If they’re still alive, kill them. Sheesh.
How about CO2? It’s quick and effective. We also apparently have too much of it and it would help reduce it. Right? /s
I’ve supported this for a long time after reading about several workers who suffocated to death after walking into a silo that was filled with only nitrogen. They passed out within seconds.
Just turn them over, hog tied, to the families of their victims. The government doesn’t even have to be involved.
Geez, this isn't hard people.
Some more information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inert_gas_asphyxiation
I recall reading about some inspectors that went into the hold of a ship containing scrap steel. The rusting steel had removed all the Oxygen from the air. The inspectors never knew what hit them.
I agree, but make them public. But LN2 is acceptable also.
Agonizing way to go. CO2 buildup is why drowning is so painful.
No to firing squads.
They have a certain amount of romanticism attached to them.
They should use the exact same method they use to euthanize strays at the shelter.
If it’d good enough for innocent animals, it’s good enough for killers.
No head-chopping, thank you. Leave that to the French who showed how out of control they were, and the Moslems.
Gallows are the best. Break a neck fast, cheap. Public viewings should be brought back, too. That helps with the deterrent effect.
Back in the 1990s, four men died in my town when a leaking tank of R-22 Freon filled the sump in which they were working.
Actually, two died first. Then a third died when he went down to see what was wrong, and the forth was a supervisor who went down to rescue the other three.
I don’t think any of them knew what had hit them.
I disagree with all those as well as any the state uses, whether gas, electricity, drugs, etc. Instead the right form is that which was used in Scripture, that being (usually) stoning, versus letting another to the dirty work .
I think this fostered a more fitting, deeper, sober and sense of responsibility. For the sin was not only against one but to varying degrees it was against the community, who thus should be able to engage in the retribution.
And knowing that the community would actually do the killing would have a greater deterrent against false testimony, as a liar would fear the wrath of the people he involved in his crime if he was found out.
Also, taking part in stoning one to death would also impress upon the people the gravity of the crime, and give them a sense of justice, more so that the state taking the guilty away for private execution.
And which in turn places greater appreciation on mercy, seen in contrast to justice.
An altitude chamber would work fine. No chemicals or drugs to buy. Take the subject up to 35,000 ft altitude, and he will be gone in no time. Quick, totally painless - euphoric, in fact.
Can still have viewing area for witnesses.
Or even carbon monoxide. Quick, painless, effective.
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