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annarocket


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When I think of death row, I usually have a minute or two of confusion. For the longest time I was die hard pro-death penalty. You can see it all over this board. I'd get really mad about something or other. Senseless crime, usually involving a child did it most of the time. I thought the DP served as a deterent to crime. But time goes on, and I kind of see this hasn't really come to be the case. Crime is the same. Horrible. It isn't getting better. And is killing someone the right answer when people are being sent to death row for crimes they didn't commit? We see it happening again and again.

It seems that Texas, the state that seems to be the busiest state in the USA for execution has been under fire for having a "use-by" date on the drugs that are administered as part of the execution process. The manufacturers don't want to be named for security reasons and the European manufacturers don't want the moral dilemma of knowing they made the drug that killed a killer. Go figure.

An excellent and informative link.

 

 


http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/serial-killer-executed-with-texas-new-drug-supply

 



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So, there seems to be a lot of debate going on about this on the legal system. As the earlier post stated, there are a lot of issues for the makers of the drugs that are bought in Europe of execution and how many people believe it is one thing after another. The drug companies don't want blood on their hands. And they want to be able to purchase the chemicals used in these executions under the radar because they are under threat of death. It would be the first execution in the United States performed  since April 29th when convicted killer Clayton Lockett was administered the drugs on the gurney, and technical difficulty delayed the execution for 29 minutes, causing extreme pain, distress and finally killing him 29 minutes after he was injected, but not from the chemicals. He died from cardiac arrest

Well now we have the case of Russell Bucklew. Sent to death row in 1996 for killing a man who was living with his ex-girlfriend at the time and start a killing spree where multiple victims lost their lives.He has filed a stay of execution alleging the chemicals are not effective and the case of Lockett proves that it is cruel and unusual punishment. He was given a stay of execution.

What say you? Has this gone too far?

 

My brain is still going back on the DP thing. I always thought it was a deterrent to crime but as times go by,it truly doesn't seem to be the  case. And seeing people who are are innocent being sent to death row, I don't think we are fixing this problem. And with this drug malfunction nonsense? I'm sorry y'all but that sounds like cruel and unusual punishment to this girl.   evileye

http://news.yahoo.com/missouri-condemned-man-fears-painful-execution-211528393.html

 



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