US executes inmate with single drug

[Magnum]

I think it is a disgrace that convicted offenders like this guy sat on death row for almost 20 years before the sentence was carried out.....His victims would love to have 20 more years to spend with their families. This POS appealed everything he could to drag it out.....All the way to the supreme court.

[crusader rabbit]

Radio host Neal Boortz has espoused an idea that I could really get behind.  He says these scum should be executed in the same way they took the life of their victim.  Rape, torture and dismemberment would earn rape, torture and dismemberment.  Seems fair.  A bullet to the back of the head would earn a bullet to the back of the head.  Again, seems fair. What's not fair are countless appeals and 20-years sitting around eating 3-squares and watching TV between workouts in the weight room and playing drop-the-soap in the shower.  Appeals should be limited to 60-days max, then the sentence should be carried out. We are in a budgetary crunch, guys, just think of the money we'd save.

[fightingquaker13]

Radio host Neal Boortz has espoused an idea that I could really get behind.  He says these scum should be executed in the same way they took the life of their victim.  Rape, torture and dismemberment would earn rape, torture and dismemberment.  Seems fair.  A bullet to the back of the head would earn a bullet to the back of the head.  Again, seems fair. What's not fair are countless appeals and 20-years sitting around eating 3-squares and watching TV between workouts in the weight room and playing drop-the-soap in the shower.  Appeals should be limited to 60-days max, then the sentence should be carried out. We are in a budgetary crunch, guys, just think of the money we'd save.

Boortz scares me, and cruelty doesn't appeal to me. A priest told us that the true test of character isn't how you perform under pressure, its how you treat a hated enemy who is at your mercy, just as we sinners are at God's mercy. At that point, it isn't about what kind of person they are, its about what kind of person you are. He was anti-death penalty, I'm not. But I do think it should be quick and clean, just like you'd kill an animal. Doing a dirty job is one thing, drawing the process out is something else.
FQ13

[JC5123]

Radio host Neal Boortz has espoused an idea that I could really get behind.  He says these scum should be executed in the same way they took the life of their victim.  Rape, torture and dismemberment would earn rape, torture and dismemberment.  Seems fair.  A bullet to the back of the head would earn a bullet to the back of the head.  Again, seems fair. What's not fair are countless appeals and 20-years sitting around eating 3-squares and watching TV between workouts in the weight room and playing drop-the-soap in the shower.  Appeals should be limited to 60-days max, then the sentence should be carried out. We are in a budgetary crunch, guys, just think of the money we'd save.

While I agree with your attitude. Unfortunately we can't execute the bastards this way. I know I couldn't. There is no way I would be able to perform some of the monsterous acts that these guys have done. I'm just not that twisted. I agree with you that our jails have become nothing more than extra secure health clubs, and our death penalty is a joke. I believe in things like chain gangs, corporal punishment, and old school execution. Public hanging, the electric chair, gas chamber, etc. Extreme maybe, but criminals no longer fear going to the big house. For many of them prison is safer than being out on the street.

We would probably see a dramatic drop in crime, if we were to start making prison a place that criminals fear, and don't want to be. No more tv, no more pampering. Make'em work. If you don't work, you don't eat. If you are seen in the yard stabbing another inmate to death, well, that's what the sharpshooters on the wall are for.

[shooter32]

While I agree with your attitude. Unfortunately we can't execute the bastards this way. I know I couldn't. There is no way I would be able to perform some of the monsterous acts that these guys have done. I'm just not that twisted. I agree with you that our jails have become nothing more than extra secure health clubs, and our death penalty is a joke. I believe in things like chain gangs, corporal punishment, and old school execution. Public hanging, the electric chair, gas chamber, etc. Extreme maybe, but criminals no longer fear going to the big house. For many of them prison is safer than being out on the street.

We would probably see a dramatic drop in crime, if we were to start making prison a place that criminals fear, and don't want to be. No more tv, no more pampering. Make'em work. If you don't work, you don't eat. If you are seen in the yard stabbing another inmate to death, well, that's what the sharpshooters on the wall are for.

BINGO!!

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[tombogan03884]

While I agree with your attitude. Unfortunately we can't execute the bastards this way. I know I couldn't. There is no way I would be able to perform some of the monsterous acts that these guys have done. I'm just not that twisted. I agree with you that our jails have become nothing more than extra secure health clubs, and our death penalty is a joke. I believe in things like chain gangs, corporal punishment, and old school execution. Public hanging, the electric chair, gas chamber, etc. Extreme maybe, but criminals no longer fear going to the big house. For many of them prison is safer than being out on the street.

We would probably see a dramatic drop in crime, if we were to start making prison a place that criminals fear, and don't want to be. No more tv, no more pampering. Make'em work. If you don't work, you don't eat. If you are seen in the yard stabbing another inmate to death, well, that's what the sharpshooters on the wall are for.

+10

[bulldog75]

Rope is reusable.

[tombogan03884]

Rope is reusable.

Use good old, "Manila hemp", not only is it reusable but when you DO throw it away it's also 100% natural and biodegradable.
Green executions  

[ratcatcher55]

We had the same discussion those sterile executions done behind walls are removing some of the deterrent factor among the public. It was suggested we should go back to the public execution but with a small change.

If you killed 1 person, your body would hang for one day.
If you killed 2 people, your body would hang for two days.
If you rape and murder someone, your body hangs for two days.
Add up the crimes, add up the days.

If you have ever had the unfortunate experience of smelling a corpse that has been in the sun for awhile you will never forget the stench and the flies. Just maybe that scares someone straight.

Prison is not a deterrent for the career criminal class. It's just part of the job description.

[bulldog75]

Let some of these other criminals do the work for us. Build the walls and put them in it and give them the shanks and let them play.