McCain Calls Botched Arizona Execution 'Torture'

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published JULY 24, 2014, 6:37 PM EDT

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Thursday called Wednesday's botched execution in Arizona "torture."

"I believe in the death penalty for certain crimes. But that is not an acceptable way of carrying it out. And people who were responsible should be held responsible," he told Politico. "The lethal injection needs to be an indeed lethal injection and not the bollocks-upped situation that just prevailed. That’s torture."

McCain was tortured for years in North Vietnam as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War.

Convicted killer Joseph Rudolph Wood III was "gasping and snorting" for over an hour after receiving a lethal injection. It should have taken about 10 minutes, but Wood lay dying for nearly two hours.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mccain-botched-arizona-execution-torture

[dembotoz]

1. give credit where credit is due--congrats john you are right on this one

[blkmusclmachine]

2. McCain, you old RINO. You're SOOOOOO out of place in today's whacked-out, extremist Republican Party

Rallying cry at the RNC (2012): "Let them DIE! Let them DIE! Let them DIE!"

-and-

RNC (2012): "Ladies and gentlemen, here is a Gay soldier returning from Iraq."
Audience: "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Go home!! You're not welcome here!!!"

[Chakab]

10. Calm down. This is the one rational opinion that he's proffered in the past few years.

I'd say that his incessant war mongering and the fact that he's been voting in lock step with the rest of his Republican cohort since Obama took office is proof that he's exactly where he belongs.

[Zambero]

3. McCain is correct perhaps 10 percent of the time

This would be one of those times.

[rpannier]

4. This and bringing back Glass-Steagal

If the networks would stop inviting him every Sunday to talk about the Middle East, his percentage of correctness would probably lift to 35%

[George II]

5. He should have a chat with his asshole governor about this...

Jan Brewer: Inmate In Arizona's Botched Execution 'Did Not Suffer'

Statement from Governor Jan Brewer
Execution of Joseph Wood

“I am concerned by the length of time it took for the administered drug protocol to complete the lawful execution of the convicted double murderer, Joseph Wood. While justice was carried out today, I directed the Department of Corrections to conduct a full review of the process.

“One thing is certain, however, inmate Wood died in a lawful manner and by eyewitness and medical accounts he did not suffer. This is in stark comparison to the gruesome, vicious suffering that he inflicted on his two victims – and the lifetime of suffering he has caused their family.”

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jan-brewer-joseph-wood-didnt-suffer?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tpm-news+(TPMNews)

[kairos12]

6. His face constantly in the media is torture.

[oldandhappy]

8. Is it true? Do I agree with McCain?

Yes!!!!

[TygrBright]

9. Even a stopped clock... n/t

[Archae]

11. That's a halfassed answer from McCain.

McCain still says some should be killed for certain crimes.

It puts the state into saying who lives and who dies.

Tell me, when have we *EVER* seen any of the 1%-ers sent to death row?

And there are those who have been released or should be (Brewer is blocking some exonerations) those in Arizona convicted for crimes they didn't do.

http://www.azjusticeproject.org/

[davidpdx]

13. I agree with you

If he came out completely against the death penalty that would warrant applause. Of course he'd never do that. He's just in favor of killing people faster.

[Ahmed 1]

12. death penalty

The death penalty can't work. This is more proof.

[truthisfreedom]

14. "bollocks-upped" explains what happened. To

McCain.

Chemical/psychological/physical torture explains what happened to III.

[lululu]

15. I worry about a lot of things

but botched death penalties to criminals who committed unbelievably heinous crimes is not one of them, as long as the death penalty succeeds in the end.

[scmoore120]

16. Brief moment of sanity to be followed by a relapse.

[Thor_MN]

17. Torture for who?

Not for Wood. Not for those in favor of the death penalty. For those against the death penalty, is any given execution really worse than any other? I suppose one could count the people facing a death sentence. Other than those on death row, you have to be in a really weird place to say that you support execution, but only if done by fluffy bunnies.

[fredamae]

18. Shouldn't he be telling That

to SCOTUS? Didn't they "deny" a last minute appeal?

[Gore1FL]

19. Does Jan Brewer call it "enhanced execution procedures?" n/t