BREAKING: Oklahoma Botched Execution

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

http://www.wyff4.com/national/URGENT-Oklahoma-Botched-Execution/25725760

AP: Oklahoma inmate dies after execution is botched

[LibCampFireClub 635]

http://www.wyff4.com/national/URGENT-Oklahoma-Botched-Execution/25725760

AP: Oklahoma inmate dies after execution is botched

Sounds like this went better than planned. A cold blooded murderer who will never murder again. Justice for all and especially the family!

[Pooky 3,347]

http://www.wyff4.com/national/URGENT-Oklahoma-Botched-Execution/25725760

AP: Oklahoma inmate dies after execution is botched

If he died, wasn't the execution a success?

After all, isn't the purpose of an execution to cause death?

And, if the audience was so uncomfortable watching that the blinds had to be lowered, maybe this experience has given them something to think about.

Edited April 30, 2014 by Pooky

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Isn't this the same guys that tried to stay their execution until the exact cocktail of drugs was made known to them?

And the exact drugs they wanted to know about, failed?

[deleted-05292014 331]

How do you conservatives that support the death penalty who clamor day and night about government over reach, and the government having too much power, support giving the government the ultimate power in taking someones life?

just wondering.....

In all fairness It's not just conservatives, I think the last polling I read a large number of Americans support the death penalty.

[Pooky 3,347]

How do you conservatives that support the death penalty who clamor day and night about government over reach, and the government having too much power, support giving the government the ultimate power in taking someones life?

just wondering.....

In all fairness It's not just conservatives, I think the last polling I read a large number of Americans support the death penalty.

But the government does not have the power to take someone's life, only the duty to do so, once a person has been found guilty by a jury of their peers and sentenced in accordance with the law.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

But the government does not have the power to take someone's life, only the duty to do so, once a person has been found guilty by a jury of their peers and sentenced in accordance with the law.

And of course, jurors, prosecutors, CSI and eye witnesses have never made an error in making a decision on something that could mean life or death.

[Pooky 3,347]

And of course, jurors, prosecutors, CSI and eye witnesses have never made an error in making a decision on something that could mean life or death.

I just answered the question you asked. I did not pass judgement on the death penalty itself.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

I just answered the question you asked. I did not pass judgement on the death penalty itself.

Aiy Aiy captain.

[Pooky 3,347]

Aiy Aiy captain.

That'd be "Aye, aye, cap'n" to you, if I was in the navy. Luckily for you, the Village People were closer to that than me.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

That'd be "Aye, aye, cap'n" to you, if I was in the navy. Luckily for you, the Village People were closer to that than me.

Whoops. Sometimes the languages start melting together. There is a word in Sinhalese, "aiyo." So when I thought to spell aye aye I used aiy aiy. lol

[Robby999 1,024]

I think that the state should execute prisoners using a method that preserves their organs so they be harvested and sold, then give the money from the sales to the families of the victims to compensate for their pain,suffering and to open a trust fund for any children the victim has. The state keeps a small portion to help recoup some of their costs. It is a win for everyone. Someone's life is saved or improved with the organs, the state recoups some of their costs, and the victim's family is compensated for their loss!

[Janelle2002 3,865]

I think that the state should execute prisoners using a method that preserves their organs so they be harvested and sold, then give the money from the sales to the families of the victims to compensate for their pain,suffering and to open a trust fund for any children the victim has. The state keeps a small portion to help recoup some of their costs. It is a win for everyone. Someone's life is saved or improved with the organs, the state recoups some of their costs, and the victim's family is compensated for their loss!

This would be nice, but sometimes cases can not really be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Now, if you walk in a school and start shooting and the police arrives and see you, great. No doubt. IF you lead the police in a chase and they saw you leaving the scene, great. They walk in the house and you are hoding the knife. Great. But society has gotten so low you can no longer believe over half of witnesses to the crimes, judges taking money, this is hard to do. And what if you end up on the jury that condemns someone to the death penalty only later on to find out that they didn't do it. The co-defendant was lying to save from jail time was was being blackmailed from behind the scenes. Would you not feel hurt in some kind of way?

Families want closure and justice. What they don't want is to have it at the expense of an innocent life.

[BatmanUSA 105]

organs from deceased people can not be bought or sold... Its just the doctors and hospitals that perform the procedures that are financially compensated..

[GandD 5,966]

How do you conservatives that support the death penalty who clamor day and night about government over reach, and the government having too much power, support giving the government the ultimate power in taking someone's life?

No joke.