A humane method does not necessarily mean a pain-free method. It doesn't bother me if, in the process of execution, a person feels some pain. ... The idea that a murderer is entitled to a painless death, which relatively few of us are going to have, I don't think is sustainable. |
Everybody's scratching their heads trying to figure out what's going on. |
I have no doubt that every inmate nearing execution will glom onto this. But I can't imagine the Supreme Court requiring a state to do something that can't be done. |
If the provision holds up, it should fix the problem. |
It doesn't appear to be shaping up as a major issue. |
It may be that an amended protocol is adopted and upheld. |
It's down from the all-time high and up from the all-time low. |
People can exchange notes with him if they want, but I don't think it really adds anything. The question is whether he deserves the punishment he was sentenced to, and I don't find much enlightening in these discussions. |
The uncertainty gives them ammunition. How many executions they will actually succeed in delaying is unknown. |
There is practically no chance that lethal injection as such would be thrown out. I would like to see the uncertainty done with. |
There's just no reason for that length of a delay in that kind of case where you know you've got the right guy. |
These are all cases where we already have the right guy and the sentence is long overdue. |
They are all jumping on the band wagon. They have an issue with more meat than they had before. |
We're not going to torture people, but I don't believe there is a right to a painless execution, and certainly there is no guarantee. In the real world, nothing is 100 percent. |