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| Executions by firing squad are beneath this country's dignity |
| 2022-05-08 |
| [The Hill] South Carolina’s plan to carry out executions by firing squad was put on hold April 20 by the state supreme court, which granted temporary reprieves to two men who had elected that method under a state law requiring that condemned inmates choose either the firing squad or electrocution. Forcing such a choice adds a sadistic element to execution’s cruelty and inhumanity. Being required to select a method of being killed is ghoulish and horrible. As bad as the fact of choice is, the inclusion of the firing squad makes this legal requirement even worse. Execution by firing squad is beneath the dignity of any civilized nation. Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Science at Amherst College and the author of “Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution.”...so there is no method this tool won't object to |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #25 'Beneath our diginity'? Oh, puleeze! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2022-05-08 18:01 |
| #24 Crucifixions have historically been underrated as deterrents. Colloquially referred to as 'nail him down', has been show to reduce second offenses. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-05-08 15:16 |
| #23 Convicted murderers are a protected class. Conservative Supreme Court justices are not. Any questions? |
| Posted by: Matt 2022-05-08 13:20 |
| #22 And yet the same people routinely broadcast that America is an undignified, inhumane fascist dictatorship. Which is it, people? America can't be beneath its dignity and yet have no dignity. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Unereck7174 2022-05-08 12:38 |
| #21 The was a reason executions used to be public... |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-05-08 11:57 |
| #20 Thanks, I kinda wondered. I just believe traditional punishments have merit. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2022-05-08 11:19 |
| #19 Stormin norman: "forgiveness is g-ds business, mine is to arrange the meeting" |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2022-05-08 10:32 |
| #18 well, they are saying there's a huge explosion of fentanyl coming thru the southern border...... |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-05-08 09:37 |
| #17 Crucifixions have historically been underrated as deterrents. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-05-08 09:31 |
| #16 The ones that like doodling little kids? Cage with horny 300 lb gorilla.... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-05-08 09:29 |
| #15 Would you feel better, little girl, if they was thrown outta windows? |
| Posted by: Raj 2022-05-08 09:11 |
| #14 "He wants to stick his cock in your boy, don't you have something more appropriate than .17?" "Well...I have a baseball bat. Got some welding tongs." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-05-08 08:54 |
| #13 "Only God and Jesus can judge, who are you?!" Fine. We're here to arrange the meeting. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-05-08 08:42 |
| #12 My error Skid, please forgive my careless I-fonery. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2022-05-08 08:40 |
| #11 Being required to select a method of being killed is ghoulish and horrible. Considering that events ghoulish and horrible are what lead up to this decision point, I'm not real sympathetic. Besides, "My body, my choice", right? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-05-08 08:32 |
| #10 "Only God and Jesus can judge, who are you?!" *shows video of San Fran choir rapist saying he's coming after my kids* "Need some ammo?" |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-05-08 08:29 |
| #9 Putting any hideous, sadistic murderer peacefully to sleep is not punishment or justice. Such people need a mental and physical deterrent. Whether it be Sparky, swinging and kicking, or airing out, each make a real deterrent. I myself believe and support a simple execution standard, called "Execution In Kind" by some. Using the method of execution that the Murderer used to kill his/her victim(s). It is no more cruel and unusual to the Murderer what was used. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-05-08 08:15 |
| #8 But Prospero explained The Super Bowl is a ball room event. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-05-08 08:13 |
| #7 It's pretty absurd we are still having this discussion in a country where every police evidence locker in even some small towns has enough fentanyl to kill everyone at the Super Bowl. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-05-08 08:06 |
| #6 Compared to the electric chair or a botched lethal injection, a firing squad is very humane. I would rather take that as when several high caliber rounds go through the heart and center chest, the body immediately goes into shock and the person is out of it almost instantly. Death follows seconds later. Nice and quick. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-05-08 08:04 |
| #5 "I see a |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-05-08 07:54 |
| #4 If we went by "eye for an eye," there would be lots of bludgeoning, strangulation and knife executions. Hard on the guards? Maybe. Dirty secret is there are some that would get off on it. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-05-08 07:03 |
| #3 Madame Guillotine awaits. Quick and proven effective. No record of 'ooops'. Why should any person convicted of premeditated murder have the consideration of 'humane'? Execution by firing squad is beneath the dignity of any civilized nation. When you re-civilize this country we can consider it, but till then we're up to our *** in feral creatures that look human. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-05-08 06:59 |
| #2 As capital murder involves premeditation, the perps are all familiar with choosing a modality of death already. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-05-08 06:39 |
| #1 But the government sanctioned, systematic slaughter of 50,000,000 innocent unborn or recently born infants since January, 1973 is..... "dignified?" |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-05-08 04:09 |