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39. The second man raped and killed

Reply to Warpy (Reply #29)

Tue Apr 29, 2014, 10:06 PM

Apr 2014

an 11 month baby - no pity for him.

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Inmate dies after botched execution; second execution stayed [View all] Still Sensible Apr 2014 OP

Barbaric. nt awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #1

"Barbarism" is a very powerful argument against the death penalty. laurent Apr 2014 #72

Welcome to DU awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #77

Capital punishment, not corporal jmowreader Apr 2014 #83

Corporal means of the body Ash_F Apr 2014 #114

The US did abolish capital punishment for about 15 years, until the right-wingers brought it Cal33 Apr 2014 #92

under the very thin veneer of civility heaven05 Apr 2014 #103

Serious question. Have you ever been jailed? Ash_F Apr 2014 #118

DAMN. elleng Apr 2014 #2

GOD DAMN MOTHERFUCKERS!!!! darkangel218 Apr 2014 #3

Do you have a response about his victim? Psephos Apr 2014 #23

Two wrongs dont make a right. darkangel218 Apr 2014 #28

You obviously DIDN'T EVEN READ MY POST. Psephos Apr 2014 #54

I read that alright. darkangel218 Apr 2014 #55

Says it all. n/t Psephos Apr 2014 #57

YES! nt darkangel218 Apr 2014 #59

how are monsters heaven05 Apr 2014 #93

There have been many studies on that treestar Apr 2014 #98

Regardless of ones views on capital punishment, I believe the main problem right now is execution lostincalifornia Apr 2014 #30

It's sort of bleakly amusing... Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #36

Someone screwed up big time on this. I am not arguing the merits of or demerits of Capital lostincalifornia Apr 2014 #48

I have never!, ever!, in my life heard of that 'mix' of drugs used to kill, even an animal. Sunlei Apr 2014 #87

I hate to respond to this because I had to put my dog to sleep a year ago and it still bothers me lostincalifornia Apr 2014 #112

Me too with my dogs and I understand the gentle passing. Sunlei Apr 2014 #116

Yes, they are part of the family. lostincalifornia Apr 2014 #119

I say heaven05 Apr 2014 #94

Yes, life in prison Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #100

"removes murderers from society permanently" heaven05 Apr 2014 #101

Vengeance is not justice, please don't confuse the two. Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #106

that's a condescending answer heaven05 Apr 2014 #107

Not really Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #108

thanks for that heaven05 Apr 2014 #109

You clearly haven't done much thinking about it Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #110

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #121

I'm not a vindictive person tavernier May 2014 #124

Yes....they are living the good life....in prison. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #127

Supremes don't see the caustic irony of attempting to make execution not cruel. Psephos Apr 2014 #56

This has to do with violating an order from the court for a stay. It is beyond the actual execution lostincalifornia Apr 2014 #61

We are of like minds here. n/t Psephos Apr 2014 #63

I thought so /nt lostincalifornia Apr 2014 #65

I believe that the criminal should die the same way that their victum was killed. invrabbit Apr 2014 #105

If the news story was about the murder, I'm sure you would hear a very strong reaction nobodyspecial Apr 2014 #31

I do. WE are apposed to be better than that. nolabear Apr 2014 #34

I'm opposed to the DP for many reasons mvd Apr 2014 #68

You said it better than I. Thanks. nolabear Apr 2014 #99

You have VA_Jill Apr 2014 #111

Don't pity this monster. 840high Apr 2014 #38

Why not? Hayabusa Apr 2014 #88

He brought this on himself. delta17 Apr 2014 #117

His consequence was to die Hayabusa May 2014 #125

This message was self-deleted by its author rhett o rick Apr 2014 #74

All sound and fury, signifying nothing. Psephos Apr 2014 #80

The victims weren't killed in our name, with power we JoeyT Apr 2014 #79

I bow to your moral superiority and rapier-sharp analysis. n/t Psephos Apr 2014 #81

Expressing concern for A does deny that same concern for B... LanternWaste Apr 2014 #91

Botched executions are a concern to society treestar Apr 2014 #97

The guy was 18 years old swilton Apr 2014 #115

Fuck the 2 men who murdered - 840high Apr 2014 #43

Inhumane at best and PumpkinAle Apr 2014 #4

Grisley. No torture in the US, right? hlthe2b Apr 2014 #5

:'( darkangel218 Apr 2014 #6

This is just idiotic, it needs to stop. MADem Apr 2014 #7

I just posted about this in the Oklahoma forum OKNancy Apr 2014 #8

Thanks for your NY Times article. Overwhelming. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2014 #13

augh Voice for Peace Apr 2014 #18

I see the two flaws in their method Warpy Apr 2014 #29

The second man raped and killed 840high Apr 2014 #39

Nor do I Warpy Apr 2014 #40

I don't think he has a conscience. 840high Apr 2014 #46

Anyone who rapes and murders an 11 month old girl has no conscious, IronGate Apr 2014 #52

I'm pro-DP, but antiexecution. christx30 Apr 2014 #104

I read the comments Heathen57 Apr 2014 #9

I am sickened to my core. Mira Apr 2014 #10

Can't believe it wasn't stayed to begin with considering all the questions mvd Apr 2014 #11

The victim's parents madville Apr 2014 #12

yes, both men are not very sympathetic characters OKNancy Apr 2014 #24

I'm pretty much anti DP, IronGate Apr 2014 #27

would anyone expect anything else from the family? They lost people they loved senselessly in an lostincalifornia Apr 2014 #37

Oklahoma is pretty barbaric when it comes to vengence. nt avebury Apr 2014 #14

Read John Grisham's "An Innocent Man" all about Oklahoma. mountain grammy Apr 2014 #58

Another really good book is Death and Justice avebury Apr 2014 #62

Shameful. 951-Riverside Apr 2014 #15

Life in prison without parole would be a far avebury Apr 2014 #17

I keep on hearing this said here, but the last case like that on DU, the guy had spent 15 years in freshwest Apr 2014 #66

You don't feel remorse if you're dead either. Moot point. Fearless Apr 2014 #70

Dogs and cats die like that all the time in shelters. This whole euthanasia thing is much more cruel jtuck004 Apr 2014 #16

They should just engage gun nuts to do the job. onehandle Apr 2014 #19

Mr. Lockett apparently didn't mind doing just that IkeRepublican Apr 2014 #20

If the inmate died as the result of a execution, then was it really botched? Lancero Apr 2014 #21

Why not beat him to death with a sock full of nickels? onehandle Apr 2014 #22

The method chosen was lethal injection. Lancero Apr 2014 #25

True. Enough tongue licks from cats would eventually kill you. onehandle Apr 2014 #26

You know the issue so don't play dumb. The injections were supposed to calm the prisoner, and lostincalifornia Apr 2014 #41

No. Lancero Apr 2014 #50

That is only part of it. It was also supposed to be done in the least painful way, and you cannot lostincalifornia Apr 2014 #60

Since the true purpose of execution in America is the entertainment value, this was a failure tclambert Apr 2014 #32

I have been reading comments about the story on the avebury Apr 2014 #33

The governor defied the State Supreme Court’s ruling for a delay? Glorfindel Apr 2014 #35

Is that legal? lostincalifornia Apr 2014 #42

Evidently it is if you're a Repuke Glorfindel Apr 2014 #44

A direct violation of a court order is illegal. In fact I would suspect the justice department lostincalifornia Apr 2014 #49

Repulicans meanit Apr 2014 #90

Where has that bit come from? muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #84

The irony of the headline is a a hoot Doctor_J Apr 2014 #45

Jesus Christ jimlup Apr 2014 #47

They should have used a drone. El Supremo Apr 2014 #51

I hear nothing from the teaklan/fox "news" about Mary Fallin's executive overreach. Dawson Leery Apr 2014 #53

... Warner's lawyer .. said she has concerns about using the mixture for an execution, struggle4progress Apr 2014 #64

I'm far more concerned with how his victim suffered than how this monster died. To Hell with him. Jgarrick Apr 2014 #67

I don't know what sickens me more... Fearless Apr 2014 #69

+1000 Jake Stern Apr 2014 #76

+2000 I wonder if they enjoy torturing us with Live and Learn Apr 2014 #82

So he died.. thefool_wa Apr 2014 #71

Sounds like he really suffered before he died. BlueStater Apr 2014 #73

If they can't do it right, they should not be doing it. McCamy Taylor Apr 2014 #75

, blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #78

Inhumane! This must stop. Glimmer of Hope Apr 2014 #85

'The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.' Sunlei Apr 2014 #86

Lockett, 38, was convicted of the 1999 fatal shooting of Stephanie Neiman, 19, in Perry. unreadierLizard Apr 2014 #89

It took 43 minutes for him to die davidpdx Apr 2014 #95

This is what I don't understand raptor_rider Apr 2014 #96

The witnesses hamsterjill Apr 2014 #102

Oklahoma Tortures Human To Death geomon666 Apr 2014 #113

Horrible way to die, not even an animal deserves that kind of death. Beacool Apr 2014 #120

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #122

No one champions the right to kill anyone's baby. Democracyinkind May 2014 #123

Who champions the right to kill babies? Nobody on DU does. cyberswede May 2014 #126