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Posted: 2/17/2016 1:22:06 PM EDT
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/virginia/2016/02/16/bill-would-give-electric-chair-option-virginia/80483196/





MANASSAS, Va. (WUSA9) -- The Virginia senate will soon consider a
bill which would allow the Commonwealth to execute condemned inmates
with the electric chair, should the Department of Corrections not be
able to provide the chemicals necessary for a lethal injection
execution.


The measure, House Bill 815,
passed the House of Delegates last week. It’s sponsor, Del. Jackson
Miller of Manassas, expects a tougher fight in the Senate, but is
hopeful for its prospects, as a nationwide shortage in execution
chemicals has moved the matter from the academic to the actionable.


In
presenting the bill in the house, Miller made direct reference to the
case of Ricky Gray, whose brutal torture and murder of a family of four
in Richmond in 2006 shocked the commonwealth. Gray is scheduled for
execution March 16th, but according to Miller, the department of
corrections lacks the chemicals to carry out the sentence.

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Link Posted: 2/17/2016 1:25:37 PM EDT
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Good
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 1:27:02 PM EDT
[#2]
Lol! Gotta get around that back door execution ban!
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 1:31:34 PM EDT
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In an effort to conserve energy they can start at low voltage and slowly increase until the job is done
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Streak A Lightning APPROVES !!!




Link Posted: 2/17/2016 1:44:58 PM EDT
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Dr. Phibes-grade nutbag psychotic torture.

N2 asphyxiation does the job, cheaply, guaranteed,  and absolutely painlessly.

Link Posted: 2/17/2016 1:47:26 PM EDT
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Good. Now they should bring back the gallows and public hangings.
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 2:22:36 PM EDT
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That’s earth friendly!  It might take more than one!


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Good. Now they should bring back the gallows and public hangings.

And use hemp rope made in America.
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 2:26:43 PM EDT
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Actually, Virginia gives the choice of either the chair or lethal injection.  Somebody demanded and was executed in Virginia's electric chair as recently as 2013.  
Damned if I would, but it is nice to be able to pick....I guess.....
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 3:03:33 PM EDT
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If executed properly, the firing squad is 100% effective.

It is also unquestionably usual and not cruel.

It is beyond me why this option isn't more widely used (not used in the Commonwealth).


(Edit to add: there apparently has been at least one case in history where the squad managed to f*** up this method.  See above: "correctly").
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 3:09:24 PM EDT
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Don't forget to wet the sponge.
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 3:14:27 PM EDT
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The red is positive and the black is negative.

Roll on one.
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 3:34:03 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 2/17/2016 3:36:30 PM EDT
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Google botched executions;

I remember hearing stories where they just screamed over and over while getting electrocuted and fire shoots out their head.
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I'll take care of it for a fraction of the cost of the electricity.
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If executed properly, the firing squad is 100% effective.

It is also unquestionably usual and not cruel.

It is beyond me why this option isn't more widely used (not used in the Commonwealth).


(Edit to add: there apparently has been at least one case in history where the squad managed to f*** up this method.  See above: "correctly").
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This would be my preferred method to go.
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 4:45:04 PM EDT
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The old executioner at the "Walls" said that back when they did the electric chair executions at the old State Penitentiary in Richmond, Virginia and delivered the hits to the convict all the lights would dim. He said the guards in the cellblocks told him it would get eerily quiet and stay that way the rest of the night.

I understand that when they moved the chair to Greenville Correctional Center (where all executions in Virginia are carried out now) the chair got it's own power source.

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I'm fine with this
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:15:10 PM EDT
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Google botched executions;

I remember hearing stories where they just screamed over and over while getting electrocuted and fire shoots out their head.
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Oh well, don't do shit that will get you in the chair.
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:17:46 PM EDT
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Google botched executions;

I remember hearing stories where they just screamed over and over while getting electrocuted and fire shoots out their head.
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You betcha! I bet they screamed to death!!
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:20:24 PM EDT
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Sounds good to me, but then I'm all for firing squads.

THE SPONGE IS DRY!
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:21:59 PM EDT
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Isn't the easiest solution a firing squad?
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I argue it's the most humane too, 4 aim at center mass, the other 3 at the head. All he will hear is FI of the order to fire and it's over.

ETA: But then some pansy would claim "PTSD" or some shit
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:25:33 PM EDT
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There's no shortage of chemicals:





Happily provided at the nearest Walmart, or just about any grocery store, and cheaper too.  They could even just fill a syringe with air and get the same result.
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:25:44 PM EDT
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I'm opposed to capital punishment, but I can't find even the slightest concern over whether it's done by injection, electric chair, hanging or a firing squad.

Who cares?
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:25:45 PM EDT
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Dr. Phibes-grade nutbag psychotic torture.

N2 asphyxiation does the job, cheaply, guaranteed,  and absolutely painlessly.

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Can organs be harvested with asphyxiation?  May as well get something useful from them before we send them off.
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:28:35 PM EDT
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Wouldn't my choice to die if I had a choice.

Here they called it Old Sparky.
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:29:38 PM EDT
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Can organs be harvested with asphyxiation?  May as well get something useful from them before we send them off.
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Dr. Phibes-grade nutbag psychotic torture.

N2 asphyxiation does the job, cheaply, guaranteed,  and absolutely painlessly.


Can organs be harvested with asphyxiation?  May as well get something useful from them before we send them off.


That method would work as well, I'm pretty sure harvesting their organs will kill them.
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:31:23 PM EDT
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I argue it's the most humane too, 4 aim at center mass, the other 3 at the head. All he will hear is FI of the order to fire and it's over.

ETA: But then some pansy would claim "PTSD" or some shit
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Isn't the easiest solution a firing squad?


I argue it's the most humane too, 4 aim at center mass, the other 3 at the head. All he will hear is FI of the order to fire and it's over.

ETA: But then some pansy would claim "PTSD" or some shit


Agreed.  It would be a quick, almost instant death.  Very humane.
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:33:26 PM EDT
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The old executioner at the "Walls" said that back when they did the electric chair executions at the old State Penitentiary in Richmond, Virginia and delivered the hits to the convict all the lights would dim. He said the guards in the cellblocks told him it would get eerily quiet and stay that way the rest of the night.

I understand that when they moved the chair to Greenville Correctional Center (where all executions in Virginia are carried out now) the chair got it's own power source.

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Well thats no fun.  The entire town should get to know that justice was served because the lights across the entire town dimmed for a second.
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:33:45 PM EDT
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Agreed.  It would be a quick, almost instant death.  Very humane.
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Isn't the easiest solution a firing squad?


I argue it's the most humane too, 4 aim at center mass, the other 3 at the head. All he will hear is FI of the order to fire and it's over.

ETA: But then some pansy would claim "PTSD" or some shit


Agreed.  It would be a quick, almost instant death.  Very humane.


Says Ben SHOCKLEY  
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:35:32 PM EDT
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Actually using a frequency inverter would be the best way.  Constant voltage, increase current and frequency until dead.  460v 3-phase would be the best given the 60Hz system we primarily use in the US.
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:39:21 PM EDT
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The old executioner at the "Walls" said that back when they did the electric chair executions at the old State Penitentiary in Richmond, Virginia and delivered the hits to the convict all the lights would dim. He said the guards in the cellblocks told him it would get eerily quiet and stay that way the rest of the night.

I understand that when they moved the chair to Greenville Correctional Center (where all executions in Virginia are carried out now) the chair got it's own power source.

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They typically use 13-15 kilowatts to get the job done. I've heard they often use a gen set  to alleviate any liability  from the poco.
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we think alike !!! LOL
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That, or the previously mentioned asphyxiation method using N2.

Gassing the fuckers with N2 is super easy, as N2 is totally non toxic, has no special storage or transportation requirements (its non hazmat), and all you need to make it work is an airtight room.  Strap the fucker down, walk out, seal the room, pump it full of N2.  Wait 10-20 minutes to make sure fuckface is dead, open the vents to the outside, walk back in, unstrap dead asshole, dump body into garbage bin.


And the whiny liberal cunts crying "cruel and unusual" can eat a dick, as N2 is routinely used to put down chickens and other animals.

Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:49:32 PM EDT
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plastic bag and a bit of duct tape. Cheap and effective.
Link Posted: 2/17/2016 6:52:09 PM EDT
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How about instead of a chair they put probes in each ear and the anus......then roll on two.  
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