I wonder if the UK supplier will continue to fill the orders for Correction Departments.  Their statement was pretty firm against its usage in executions.

Dude sounds like he had a real effed up childhood. Prob shit straight outta nightmares.
Still isn't an excuse for what he did tho.

Death penalty is retarded

I really wonder why they don't use carbon monoxide for these things.

Inmate goes to sleep.  Doesn't wake up.

You are correct. The process needs to be expedited.



 

Father and Son BOTH were on Death row? Wow

He committed the crime in 1989 and he just got executed?  That is 21 years of taxpayer dollars to keep him alive.

sorry, think you ment to say eliminated

Next!

Are you friggin serious?

a bullet would have been cheaper and faster

if a person takes my life or the life of a loved one...because "They could" and not in defense of themselves or others....I want them to be put to death....

you don't let a rabid dog live.....why would you let a much more dangerous animal live....you don't cage a rabid dog you have it put down....

if the state is executing you and it takes less than an hour regardless of how much it hurts....they will be dead in an hour...that is not cruel or unusual...

He got what he deserved.

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Yes he did.

Did anyone notice he was serving a sentence for 2nd degree murder when he escaped from the Oklahoma prison and the strangled the gentleman in Arizona? Screwed up childhood or not, he knows the difference in right and wrong.

Oh, and in what surely is going to smear Oklahoma forever: Did you hear his last words after thanking his family for their support? Boomer Sooner!

Blame the legislators.  On top of that, I don't wanna kill innocent people.

Yes I am friggen serious!

It's expensive (more then housing inmate for life)
It doesn't deter crime
It puts innocent people to death
It takes forever!

And before you give me the standard bullshit "guess we should all let them free then" argument.....life without parole never leaving a 6x6 cell with no tv, books, radio, nothing but bricks.

Its not more expensive than housing an inmate for life if its done expeditiously.

FIXED IT FOR YA!

AMF

Yup I agree. I am in favor of replacing it with gladiatorial games (no winning your freedom of course just keep fighting until you die).

I'm glad I don't have to share the earth with this fucker anymore. Life in a 6x6 cell with no TV, books, radio, nothing but bricks, would have been too nice. He deserved exactly what he gave his victims...death.









edited for past tense.
 

Exactly.  It's more expensive because the same f'd up system that gives slaps on the hand to repeat offenders and habitual felons is the same system that is running the show for the executions.  Prison is pussified....no one minds going anymore because they know they a) won't be there that long and b) will (in many cases) have it better on the inside than they do on the outside.

It's a big, screwed up cycle that never ends and doesn't deter crime....not to mention costs taxpayers wayyyyy too much money.

ETA: Even if it were to cost me a few more of my own dollars to keep the executions going then fine....the fact that these ruthless bastards have to sit there knowing they are about to get put down like a dog makes me sleep a little better at night.

I am for the death penalty, but would not be too upset if it were eliminated and replaced with actual life in prison, and priston was changed so that inmates do not go to college, watch cable and lift weights in their spare time.

The biggest problem as I see it with the death penalty right now is the time it takes from conviction to exectution. There should be 1 appeal and inmates should not be able to take stuff up to the supreme court. The death penalty is either constitutional or it is not. Executions should take place 30 days after conviction or the person should be thrown in a hole to rot for the rest of their lives.

This is cheaper than a bullet, drugs, and electricity...and its a "green" () method you can rinse/reuse it again and again and again...

Pro.  It's the liberal way.








 

I'm willing to pay taxes to do this.

It is money well spent in my opinion.

Kill them quicker. Don't waste my frigging time.

Has an innocent person been executed yet? I'm not 100% positive, but I don't think so. (that wasn't sarcasticly written. I don't remember hearing of any innocents being executed)

If it didn't take forever, it wouldn't be as expensive. Most death penalty appeals are for technical bullshit. You don't ever hear the argument that the perpetrator is innocent, you hear the argument they shouldn't get the chair/needle/gas chamber/whatever else is available because of some legal mumbo jumbo that had absolutely nothing to do with the defendants guilt or innocence.

If a defendant is on trial for 1st degree murder and is convicted, they should get an automatic death penaly in the states that allow it. If that's not an option, then it's life w/o parole. Their appeal isn't based on language, instructions and the like. The only appeal allowed is whether or not the defendant's guilt was legally proven without  doubt. Period. I don't care if his mommy didn't testify during sentencing about his childhood, or his girlfriend says he's a good boy "exceot when he loses his temper", or any other BS excuse. If the defendant confesses, signs his confession, and admits his guilt, then WTF is in doubt? He admits the crime. Fuck him. Fry his ass.

I sat on a jury in a fatal botched carjacking. The only defense that was available to the defendant was he didn't "actually pull the trigger". He confessed on tape as to what he did do during the carjacking. None of the facts were in doubt. Forget the fact that he was the driver that pulled into the convenience store when they saw the car they wanted to jack. Forget the fact he GAVE the shooter the murder weapon, and also forget he hid the murder weapon at his girlfriends apartment. If he would have just kept driving, a 22 year old, hard working, college going, kid/man would still be alive. But, he decided it was OK to try and take the kid's car from him. I don't give a shit what kind of childhood/upbringing the kid had. He knows right from wrong. Add to the fact he showed absolutely NO REMORSE. We gave him the death penalty. It was overturned on appeal because his attorney was in the throes of cocaine and alcohol addition. He didn't put the kid's mother on the stand during the penalty phase to tell how bad he had it when he found out the man he thought was his daddy really wasn't. Tell me what the hell that has to do with the defendant committing the crime he was accused of, and confessed to? Not one damn thing.

I can honestly say I am for the death penalty, and have had to express my stance in the "real world". Most people (on both sides) haven't had to do that.


ETA the part about his taped confession.

AZ rocks

First in AZ. since 2007? What up with that shit? They need to take some lessons from Oklahoma.