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In reply to the discussion: Executed Killer Dennis McGuire Gasped And Snorted For 15 Minutes Under New Lethal Drug Combo [View all]markpkessinger
(8,409 posts)41. Indeed . . .
But then, our society's objection to those methods has never really been about whether they were "humane" or not. Although people may couch their objections to methods like the firing squad or guillotine in terms of being concerned about executing people in a "humane" way, their real objection is that these methods make it harder for society to deny the violence of the act it is carrying out.
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WillyT
Jan 2014
OP
perhaps we need to seriously address why that person is in prison for a marijuana offense..
frylock
Jan 2014
#38
I would first rather address someone that killed a newlywed that was 8 months pregnant.
William769
Jan 2014
#49
I probably could have phrased it better but considering who I was responding to, I didn't see
William769
Jan 2014
#89
Victims' rights are indeed important, but killing someone gives nothing good to a victim
CreekDog
Jan 2014
#122
And then we become what we say we despise the most. I will never allow a monster who murders
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#143
Have you heard of cruel an unusal punishment. He may have deserved the penalty, but not the
lostincalifornia
Jan 2014
#102
Unfortunately, too few in our bloodlust society will come away with that response.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jan 2014
#146
No, no, and vehemently no to the idea of beheading as "humane." Death is quick, yes, but the sheer
WinkyDink
Jan 2014
#123
In Iran, Saudi Arabia and a few other countries, it IS a public spectacle. Still.
MADem
Jan 2014
#30
Ok--you have a choice. You can drown from "air hunger" for five minutes, or you can
MADem
Jan 2014
#81
People like that are damaged beyond repair and belong in a psychiatric institution that has
Cleita
Jan 2014
#21
If we did use the guillotine, the jury would have to look at the accused and think......
LongTomH
Jan 2014
#19
To say nothing of a head that was still alive, conscious and in obvious pain for a minute or so.
RC
Jan 2014
#35
There is no doubt she suffered horribly. And there is nothing that will ever erase
msanthrope
Jan 2014
#22
She's dead. I doubt her non-existence has any opinion on the guy's execution.
NuclearDem
Jan 2014
#92
I remember when his victims died, reading articles about their horrible final moments
CBGLuthier
Jan 2014
#26
They're made in Europe and the EU forbids using their products in executions
jmowreader
Jan 2014
#137
It would not surprise me if someone decide to use this guy as a guinea pig
Baitball Blogger
Jan 2014
#32
My opinion is that I don't give a shit if he suffered. Joy Stewart, her baby, and their family...
ChisolmTrailDem
Jan 2014
#44
Yet isn't it interesting that virtually every other western democracy . . .
markpkessinger
Jan 2014
#65
Don't get me wrong, I lean heavily anti-death penalty. However, I often find
ChisolmTrailDem
Jan 2014
#84
Ah yes and while we are at it we can start chopping off arms of those that steal
Arcanetrance
Jan 2014
#66
Even if I had no sympathy for killers (and I'll admit, I have sympathy for everyone)
Hippo_Tron
Jan 2014
#134
I really dont have the sympathy for someone who commited such a violent murder.
Mrdrboi
Jan 2014
#70
Does anyone know how federal courts have ruled on the "cruel" part of cruel and unusual?
DisgustipatedinCA
Jan 2014
#76
wth, did they not use enough? it shouldn't be hard to quickly kill someone with an overdoes of a
dionysus
Jan 2014
#96
Why not just go into the evidence locker and shoot 'em up with a massive heroin overdose?
MADem
Jan 2014
#142
thats what i'm sayin. i'm not pro DP, but if you're gonna do it, even i can think of painless ways
dionysus
Jan 2014
#149
I am on the same page. They'd have done better to consult a veterinarian and ask them how they put
MADem
Jan 2014
#151
and what would that accomplish to give the condemned extra suffering? Would that bring back the
lostincalifornia
Jan 2014
#104
they probably didn't use enough. If 'the state' wants to kill, than give a MASSIVE overdose.
Sunlei
Jan 2014
#106
Wonder how long the innocent woman and her child gasped for air before they died ?
NM_Birder
Jan 2014
#148