Killing People Is Harder Than You'd Think

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AZDuck

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http://www.azcentral.com/story/news...na-execution-joseph-wood-eyewitness/13083637/

It was death by apnea. And it went on for an hour and a half. I made a pencil stroke on a pad of paper, each time his mouth opened, and ticked off more than 640, which was not all of them, because the doctor came in at least four times and blocked my view.

I turned to my friend Troy Hayden, the anchor and reporter from Fox 10 News, who was sitting next to me. Troy and I witnessed another execution together in 2007, and he had seen one before that, so he also knows what it looks like.

"I don't think he's going to die," I said.

A moment later, Troy turned to me and whispered, "I think you're right."
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This is what happens when more efficient and effective means of killing are intentionally excluded specifically to generate this sort of emotionally charged/ intellectually void headline and reactions by a minority of folks with an agenda they cannot advance using conventional means.
 
What's more cruel and unusual, death serum via IV from the lowest bidder, or a fucking 1 dollar bullet to the temple? Just shoot the motherfuckers. Christ.
 
Or light them on fire. These murderers didn't care about the suffering of their victims. Why should we care about theirs? They're getting off easy in comparison.

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If he'd killed a family member of mine it wouldn't have taken me that long to snuff the asshole...
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I love it when people talk about "what they would do" to someone if they killed or raped a family member. Hypothetical murder of family member tough guys.. You'd do what 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of everyone else does and watch the legal process handle it.
 
It really surprises me that no US company has started to manufacture the necessary drugs for the lethal injection cocktail - in particular sodium thiopental. Whatever your feelings on the death penalty, companies and countries that oppose it would seem to have the right to refuse to sell sodium thiopental if they believed the drug was going to be used in lethal injections.

I think these repeated failures in the execution chamber are going to open a door for a successful 8th Amendment challenge.
 
It really surprises me that no US company has started to manufacture the necessary drugs for the lethal injection cocktail - in particular sodium thiopental. Whatever your feelings on the death penalty, companies and countries that oppose it would seem to have the right to refuse to sell sodium thiopental if they believed the drug was going to be used in lethal injections.

I think these repeated failures in the execution chamber are going to open a door for a successful 8th Amendment challenge.
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Another long-term victory won through repeated, short-term incompetence.
 

Each state should be free to choose its death penalty policy. Each state should also have the freedom to ship their killers off to Texas to get executed.
 
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It really surprises me that no US company has started to manufacture the necessary drugs for the lethal injection cocktail - in particular sodium thiopental. Whatever your feelings on the death penalty, companies and countries that oppose it would seem to have the right to refuse to sell sodium thiopental if they believed the drug was going to be used in lethal injections.

I think these repeated failures in the execution chamber are going to open a door for a successful 8th Amendment challenge.
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Maybe I can make some up in my bathtub.
 
Each state should be free to chose its death penalty policy. Each state should also have the freedom to ship their killers off to Texas to get executed.
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That's pretty fucking funny.

 
Why not use the same stuff they use dogs and horses? They just pass out and die in a minute. What's the big complication here?
 
If he'd killed a family member of mine it wouldn't have taken me that long to snuff the asshole...
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I love it when people talk about "what they would do" to someone if they killed or raped a family member. Hypothetical murder of family member tough guys.. You'd do what 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of everyone else does and watch the legal process handle it.
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With the castle law, you get legal process and get to be a tough guy. Abundance.
 
Why not use the same stuff they use dogs and horses? They just pass out and die in a minute. What's the big complication here?
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This! If you give someone two combat doses of morphine they die withing minutes like 70% of the time. There is so much deadly shit out there. Why and how in the fuck do you screw that up?
 
Time for some execution method power rankings:

1. Crucifixion - Most famous method of all-time. Good enough for the Romans, and can also be performed upside down. Nuff said on that.
2. Blowing from a gun - Victim is tied to end of cannon, cannon is fired.
3. Death by trampling/crushing - Typically performed with elephants or persons the size of Fetters.
4. Stoning - Nothing wrong with getting stoned.
5. Drowing - *gurgle*
6. Drawn and quarter/beheading - It's like taking a puzzle apart. Much more fun than putting one together.
7. Gas chamber - Very efficient. Works well in groups.
8. Firing squad - Great for dealing with political opponents, and fun for the whole family.
9. Electric chair - Smells bad I hear.
10. Hanging - Kind of boring to watch IMO.
11. Lethal injection - Boring and humane. Who the fuck wants that?

12. Cal
 
Time for some execution method power rankings:

1. Crucifixion - Most famous method of all-time. Good enough for the Romans, and can also be performed upside down. Nuff said on that.
2. Blowing from a gun - Victim is tied to end of cannon, cannon is fired.
3. Death by trampling/crushing - Typically performed with elephants or persons the size of Fetters.
4. Stoning - Nothing wrong with getting stoned.
5. Drowing - *gurgle*
6. Drawn and quarter/beheading - It's like taking a puzzle apart. Much more fun than putting one together.
7. Gas chamber - Very efficient. Works well in groups.
8. Firing squad - Great for dealing with political opponents, and fun for the whole family.
9. Electric chair - Smells bad I hear.
10. Hanging - Kind of boring to watch IMO.
11. Lethal injection - Boring and humane. Who the fuck wants that?

12. Cal
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I laffed
 
Time for some execution method power rankings:

1. Crucifixion - Most famous method of all-time. Good enough for the Romans, and can also be performed upside down. Nuff said on that.
2. Blowing from a gun - Victim is tied to end of cannon, cannon is fired.
3. Death by trampling/crushing - Typically performed with elephants or persons the size of Fetters.
4. Stoning - Nothing wrong with getting stoned.
5. Drowing - *gurgle*
6. Drawn and quarter/beheading - It's like taking a puzzle apart. Much more fun than putting one together.
7. Gas chamber - Very efficient. Works well in groups.
8. Firing squad - Great for dealing with political opponents, and fun for the whole family.
9. Electric chair - Smells bad I hear.
10. Hanging - Kind of boring to watch IMO.
11. Lethal injection - Boring and humane. Who the fuck wants that?

12. Cal
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I laffed
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It's slow and painful, which is good, but it is also the least entertaining method on the list. And it's not even close.
 
Time for some execution method power rankings:

1. Crucifixion - Most famous method of all-time. Good enough for the Romans, and can also be performed upside down. Nuff said on that.
2. Blowing from a gun - Victim is tied to end of cannon, cannon is fired.
3. Death by trampling/crushing - Typically performed with elephants or persons the size of Fetters.
4. Stoning - Nothing wrong with getting stoned.
5. Drowing - *gurgle*
6. Drawn and quarter/beheading - It's like taking a puzzle apart. Much more fun than putting one together.
7. Gas chamber - Very efficient. Works well in groups.
8. Firing squad - Great for dealing with political opponents, and fun for the whole family.
9. Electric chair - Smells bad I hear.
10. Hanging - Kind of boring to watch IMO.
11. Lethal injection - Boring and humane. Who the fuck wants that?

12. Cal
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Why do you hate #MyLions?

 
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