Liberal justices blast Supreme Court majority for allowing Alabama execution
The high court allowed the execution of James Barber despite botched attempts to execute other inmates last year.
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So much for the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. In my opinion, the state should never have the right to murder its citizens (or anyone for that matter), regardless of what they may have done. I know this is controversial, but death is never a moral or just solution to a legal issue, regardless of the severity of the issue.
But since we don't live in my idealized version of society, states that murder their citizens under the law should at the very least be required to demonstrate that they do it instantly and painlessly. If they can't do that, no legal murder for them.
Seriously. The attempt at “humane” execution via lethal injection is selfish and asinine.
The kindest way to kill someone is by shooting them, but that doesn’t look very nice.
Obviously neither should be allowed under the constitution, but it’s laughably selfish to force the death sentence via lethal injection because the people doing the killing would be traumatized otherwise.
Exactly. Especially because lethal injection goes wrong so damn often, and ends up being traumatic for everyone involved.
Killing with a needle while wearing a white coat is just theatre, meant to make us feel civilized when deep down we know it’s impossible to kill with civility.
It took six minutes to insert the two IVs. This is just torture.
Jesus. How badly trained are the medical people on that team?
Probably the worst to come out of medical school. What other health care worker would voluntarily execute someone like this?
They do not have medical degrees typically, people with those have usually sworn to do no harm.
Is "blasts" worse than "slams"? Where does "roasts" fit in?