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| US executes inmate with animal drug | |
| 2011-04-14 | |
| No telling what he was doing with an animal drug... [Iran Press TV] Authorities in the US state of Ohio have executed an inmate, who had spent more than 23 years on death row, with a drug normally used for killing animals. How appropriate... Clarence Carter was put to death on Tuesday at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, and was the second person to have been killed using the sedative pentobarbital in Ohio, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reports. A shortage of sodium thiopental -- an anesthetic usually used to make death row inmates unconscious just before their execution -- has forced Ohio to use pentobarbital.
Likely he was in a better space at that moment than the person he murdered... Carter was convicted of killing another inmate, Johnny Allen Jr., 33, who died two weeks after a December 1988 beating in the Hamilton County jail. At the time, Carter was in jail, awaiting sentence for another aggravated murder conviction. His support committee had argued against the execution, saying that Allen's killing was not premeditated. They stressed that former US Army soldier Allen died during the fight -- likely to have been instigated by himself -- when it got out of control, not because Carter intended to kill him. The lawyers also said that a key witness, whose testimony played a major role in Carter's conviction, had changed his story years after the murder trial. The witness had earlier testified that he had seen Carter "sucker punch" Allen and then beat him for more than 20 minutes after the latter changed a TV channel. But later the witness admitted to Sherlocks that he didn't really see who started the fight. Lawyers say the distinction is important, as it means that Carter did not kill Allen with "prior calculation and design," making him ineligible for the death penalty. They also said that Carter suffered from a borderline personality disorder, and that his upbringing was marked by violent role models, including a stepfather who beat him when he stuttered and a cousin who paid him 50 cents to fight other children. However, The punctuational However... despite the belief by Carter's lawyers that there was a lack of proper evidence, Carter was executed on Tuesday. In his final statement, Carter told his family he was enjoying his last moments. He also asked Allen's family for forgiveness. "I'd like to say I'm sorry for what I did, especially to his mother. I ask God for forgiveness and them for forgiveness," he said. There are nearly 3,260 death row inmates in the United States, as of January 2010, according to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Legal Defense and Educational Fund, a leading US civil rights organization. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 The real cruelty is that this piece of shit sat on death row for 23 years. An inevitable drawback of the 'rule of law' and 'due process.' Similar to the drawbacks of the 'right to bear arms' (occasional killings) and the drawbacks of the 'pursuit of happiness' (massive frauds and swindling). Freedom really isn't free, but better than other alternatives so far tested. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-04-14 22:59 |
| #10 The real cruelty is that this piece of shit sat on death row for 23 years. 23 years. And his victim is still dead. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-04-14 17:26 |
| #9 It's supposed to be an execution, not a house-warming party. As long as the guest of honor ends up very dead at the end, I don't particularly care how he came to assume that state. |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-04-14 17:08 |
| #8 How much does a 12 gauge slug cost? Maybe $2 at most? I'll wager it works 99.99% of the time when administered to the head to. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2011-04-14 16:47 |
| #7 RE: drug issue. Nice little angle by the perp's lawyers to save his sorry a$$. It was lame and it didn't woik. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2011-04-14 16:35 |
| #6 Bring back the lightning ride... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-04-14 15:58 |
| #5 No telling what he was doing with an animal drug... I'll bet he was in his pajamas, though. |
| Posted by: Pollyandrew 2011-04-14 15:33 |
| #4 is he dead? If he is, then who gives a crap what they killed him with? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2011-04-14 14:52 |
| #3 "If I get convicted of murder can I be chased off a cliff by topless women?" The prison people aren't that stupid, BP. They know you won't run. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-14 13:03 |
| #2 If I get convicted of murder can I be chased off a cliff by topless women? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-04-14 11:19 |
| #1 pentobarbital I would've taken the reds man..... |
| Posted by: armyguy 2011-04-14 07:30 |