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Old 07-23-2014, 08:23 PM
 
Location: Stasis
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I'd say all of these executions worked perfectly. At the end of the day, the condemned were dead, were they not? The goal was met. Where is the problem?
The Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments.
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Old 07-23-2014, 08:31 PM
 
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The Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments.
This is why a single shot to the back of the head is much more humane. Lethal injections are a waste of money and time.
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Old 07-23-2014, 08:45 PM
 
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The Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments.
Perhaps it would be a good idea for the Leftist Activists to cease in their efforts to make Capitol Punishment a "cruel and unusual punishment".
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Old 07-23-2014, 09:04 PM
 
Location: Stasis
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Nice spin: “I can tell you, he was snoring,” said Stephanie Grisham, spokeswoman for the Arizona attorney general who was a witness. “There was zero gasping or snorting, and that’s just the truth. He was asleep.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/us...te-inmate.html
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Old 07-23-2014, 09:11 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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It's absolutely terrible that any one would endorse this level of torture.
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Old 07-23-2014, 09:13 PM
 
Location: Lost in Texas
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It's absolutely terrible that any one would endorse this level of torture.
What? Going to sleep and snoring? Seems to me the ones tortured would be the gallery...
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Old 07-23-2014, 09:16 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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What? Going to sleep and snoring? Seems to me the ones tortured would be the gallery...
No. Saying it's OK the man suffered for 2 hours.
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Old 07-23-2014, 09:17 PM
 
Location: Lost in Texas
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No. Saying it's OK the man suffered for 2 hours.
Do you know that he suffered for 2 hours? No, you're assuming.
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Old 07-23-2014, 09:21 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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Do you know that he suffered for 2 hours? No, you're assuming.
No. But. I do know posters on this forum assumed he did and said they were happy that he did. Pay attention.
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Old 07-23-2014, 09:22 PM
 
Location: TN/NC
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No. Saying it's OK the man suffered for 2 hours.
When you take another's life maliciously, you forfeit rights to your own life.
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