He’s dead, so how can it be a botched execution? 15 minutes, 20 minutes… dead is dead. Waiting 27 years was the mistake.

arteest on December 17, 2006 at 3:40 AM

Amen to that! – Thank God for Jeb – he’ll make sure that they’re not in pain when his criminals die.

Too bad Jeb didn’t care as much about their victims, isn’t it?

Notice, though, how no one usually seems to care much about the victims of these murderers or the families they leave behind? No liberal caring people there for them.

But then, they’re already dead and don’t make good news copy, do they?

Only in America could we collectively care more about murderers than murder victims.

Says something, doesn’t it?

No, please, do it to her! Do it to her!

Sounds very much like a passage from Infinite Jest.

What’s wrong with my reasoning?

Nothing. That’s pretty much what they are doing with lethal injection anyway. The problem is that the people who are objectining to the method are against all capital punishment — not just capital punishment they see as inhumane. No matter what method is employed, they will object to it and find someway to delay or stop the process. In the California case, the parents of the victim are elderly and ill. They want to see this ahole die.

How about they hang them from a live wire, in front of a brick wall for the firing squad?

Chuck

I am SOOOOO never pissing you off

Or you could use a giant laser, Goldfinger-style. I want to be the guy that gets to say “No, Mr. Diaz, I expect you to die!”, though.

So, if we skip the ‘careful’ part and gradually crank up the anasthesia, the condemned man simply goes to sleep, eventually stops breathing, and never feels a thing.

What’s wrong with my reasoning?

Regarding the story, what bothers me is the amorphous nature of “Living Constitutionalism” where judges can redefine words as they see fit. Today it is going in the politically correct hypersensitive direction. Tomorrow?

THeDRiFTeR on December 16, 2006 at 3:10 PM

Ian: don’t people who make comments like this get banned? I know I’ve seen it happen to others.

I helped save the life of a murdering scum bag, I did my “duty” to “humanity” today.

Now that must make a person proud….

Botched execution causes Fla. to suspended all

Not a botched headline! No, please, do it to her! Do it to her!

it’s hard to mess up a public hanging.

Actually, it’s pretty easy. If you set the drop too short, the neck doesn’t break, and the guy slowly strangles to death (in Iran, they do that on purpose (Warning: potentially disturbing image)). If you set the drop too far, the guy is decapitated

Okay, how is this “messing up the hanging”? I’m good with both of these examples. Remember, this is someone who intentionally killed an innocent person. We’re not talking political disidents here.

Diaz began snoring after the first dose was given and never regained consciousness, she said.

He was sleeping. What’s the problem? I would guess that dying in you sleep would be the preferred method for many people.