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2004-05-24 Home Front: Culture Wars

Supreme Court sides with Alabama death inmate

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Posted by Zenster 2004-05-24 1:06:37 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Odd. There doesn't seem to be any mention of what the maggot did to get the death penalty.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-05-24 1:41:18 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-05-24 1:41:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 You noticed that too?

Posted by tu3031 2004-05-24 2:17:10 PM|| 2004-05-24 2:17:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Wait, it would be cruel and unusual . . . why? His veins? Hell's bells, he ain't gonna be around to worry about it! And what's one more needle?

Maybe we should hang him, or put him in front of a firing squad?

Posted by The Doctor 2004-05-24 2:20:33 PM|| 2004-05-24 2:20:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Isn't it ironic that "cruel and unusual" seems to apply as much to the witnesses as the condemned? That is, in addition to it "not hurting" overmuch, it has to "look good." Which is why we no longer hang, electrocute or gas. There are times when they just "aren't pretty to look at."
This is actually a serious problem when seen in the system as a whole.
For example, if you just kill someone, you might get 10 years; but if you kill someone, and *then* mutilate or otherwise abuse their dead body, you could get life or death. But, if you go into a mortuary and mutilate a dead body, you might just get six months for bad taste.
I was horrified by the statement of a juror in a CA capital murder case: "I was willing to give him (the defendant) the benefit of the doubt, UNTIL HE FLIPPED US (the jury) OFF; but that convinced me he was guilty."
eek.
Personally, I prefer hanging, but electrocution *can't* hurt, because electricity fries the brain faster than pain signals can be xmitted--it's not like getting a house current shock.

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-05-24 5:56:26 PM|| 2004-05-24 5:56:26 PM|| Front Page Top

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