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Executed Killer Dennis McGuire Gasped And Snorted For 15 Minutes Under New Lethal Drug Combo [View all]
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