CNN: Inmate gasped, snorted during two-hour execution (injection, drugs, controversial)

[Serious Conversation]

I'd call this execution ugly, but not botched. Botched would imply it failed, and the condemned died.

Arizona murderer Joseph Wood executed - CNN.com

[freightshaker]

I wonder how long his victim gasped...

[steven_h]

I'm glad!!! He murdered two people!!!

[shooting4life]

Bring back the firing squads, cheap, quick, effective, painless.

[freightshaker]

Originally Posted by shooting4life

Bring back the firing squads, cheap, quick, effective, painless.

Hangings are cheaper if you reuse the rope and gallows.

[waviking24]

Good

[Grizzly Addams]

Originally Posted by freightshaker

Hangings are cheaper if you reuse the rope and gallows.

Putting them in the middle of Detroit is even cheaper.

[Workin_Hard]

Wood's case highlighted scrutiny surrounding lethal injections after two controversial executions, including that of an Ohio inmate in January who snorted and gasped during the 26 minutes it took him to die. In Oklahoma, an inmate died of a heart attack minutes after prison officials halted his execution because the drugs weren't being administered properly.

Execution of Joseph Rudolph Wood, Arizona inmate, takes 2 hours | Fox News

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?

To satisfy the bleeding hearts, I'd say bring back the firing squad (which ironically results in more "bleeding hearts" - literally!) A firing squad has never failed to deliver a quick end, and there's never a problem with obtaining domestically made weapons and ammunition.

[freightshaker]

Originally Posted by Workin_Hard

Execution of Joseph Rudolph Wood, Arizona inmate, takes 2 hours | Fox News

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?

To satisfy the bleeding hearts, I'd say bring back the firing squad (which ironically results in more "bleeding hearts" - literally!) A firing squad has never failed to deliver a quick end, and there's never a problem with obtaining domestically made weapons and ammunition.

But but, they could get lead poisoning.

[Workin_Hard]

Originally Posted by freightshaker

But but, they could get lead poisoning.

I hear the guillotine works even quicker!