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Alabama executed Ronald Bert Smith Jr. Thursday night for the 1994 slaying of a Huntsville convenience store clerk. The execution was the second in the state this year and the 14th since 2010.
Witnesses said Smith coughed and heaved during the 13-minute execution process and later moved his arm. Prison officials said they will conduct an autopsy to determine any irregularities with Smith's death.
Note, while its not clear if the man was actually conscious during this fit (could've been involuntary spasms in reaction to the drugs that happened when man was unconscious), I refuse to get worked up over the possibility that a murderous maniac felt pain during his execution.
Last year I had a common cold and coughed and heaved a bit. Not a big deal. I wonder if his coughing and heaving was him remembering how he executed a store clerk with a gun and felt some last minute sorrow for the dead store clerk. Probably not.
Note, while its not clear if the man was actually conscious during this fit (could've been involuntary spasms in reaction to the drugs that happened when man was unconscious), I refuse to get worked up over the possibility that a murderous maniac felt pain during his execution.
Who cares that he coughed.
His victim will forever be known only as a convenience store clerk while the media publish pics if the perp and recount HIS last moments.
Allow me: the victim was a college graduate, ready to move away to accept a job in his field (computers). He also had a wife and an infant. He was pistol whipped and shot in the arm while the perp tried to access the cash. Then he begged for his life on his knees as he was shot in the head. And the perp laughed about it to his friends, imitating for them the sounds he made as he died.
The only outrage is that it took 22 years to administer justice in this case.
His victim will forever be known only as a convenience store clerk while the media publish pics if the perp and recount HIS last moments.
Allow me: the victim was a college graduate, ready to move away to accept a job in his field (computers). He also had a wife and an infant. He was pistol whipped and shot in the arm while the perp tried to access the cash. Then he begged for his life on his knees as he was shot in the head. And the perp laughed about it to his friends, imitating for them the sounds he made as he died.
The only outrage is that it took 22 years to administer justice in this case.
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