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In reply to the discussion: Inmate dies after botched execution; second execution stayed [View all]nolabear
(42,041 posts)99. You said it better than I. Thanks.
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The US did abolish capital punishment for about 15 years, until the right-wingers brought it
Cal33
Apr 2014
#92
Regardless of ones views on capital punishment, I believe the main problem right now is execution
lostincalifornia
Apr 2014
#30
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
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
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
would anyone expect anything else from the family? They lost people they loved senselessly in an
lostincalifornia
Apr 2014
#37
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
Dogs and cats die like that all the time in shelters. This whole euthanasia thing is much more cruel
jtuck004
Apr 2014
#16
You know the issue so don't play dumb. The injections were supposed to calm the prisoner, and
lostincalifornia
Apr 2014
#41
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
A direct violation of a court order is illegal. In fact I would suspect the justice department
lostincalifornia
Apr 2014
#49
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
'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