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| Inmate flips middle finger and says 'I hate you' before being executed |
| 2017-10-21 |
| [NEWS.SKY] A killer who was pursuing a lawsuit against Alabama's use of the lethal injection has been executed - using his final moments to tell the state "I hate you" and give them the middle finger. As the procedure began on Thursday night, Torrey McNabb raised both of his middle fingers in a show of defiance. The 40-year-old was among several inmates involved in an ongoing lawsuit arguing the state's use of midazolam during lethal injections is inhumane and not reliable. He was convicted of killing Anderson Gordon, an officer with Montgomery Police, in 1997. A witness had testified that McNabb walked up to Gordon's patrol car and shot him five times. The officer had just arrived at the scene of a traffic accident caused by McNabb as he tried to escape from a bail bondsman. Midazolam is administered to sedate the prisoner, before a second drug paralyses them and a final third drug stops their heart. During an execution in December, an Alabama inmate had coughed and heaved for 13 minutes before dying. McNabb appeared to be breathing for the first 20 minutes of the 35-minute execution. He later moved his head, raised his arms and grimaced after two consciousness checks in which a guard pinched his arm, said his name and pulled back his eyelid. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Catch, Convict and Release. You commit a capital offense. The State catches you, tries you and convicts you. The state then releases you, at 10,000 feet. If you learn to fly before you hit the ground you are free to go. |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2017-10-21 17:37 |
| #6 " ... in 1997 ..." Why has he been alive for 20 years? |
| Posted by: irishrageboy 2017-10-21 16:48 |
| #5 Is the use of antiaircraft guns inhumane? |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-10-21 12:28 |
| #4 Madam Guillotine awaits. Quick, no drugs requiring FDA approval. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-10-21 09:57 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-10-21 02:50 |
| #2 Some people think it's inhumane. Personally, I think to these people the word "inhumane" means there's a bit of a mess to clean up when done. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-10-21 01:53 |
| #1 Bullet to the back of the head. Quick, easy and sure. Why are we still fucking with this shit in this day and age? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-10-21 00:54 |