Based in part on this study, lethal injection has been ruled (at least for now) unconstitutional in the state of Tennessee.
The executions by lethal injection have been on hold for several months now in North Carolina as well, until the legality of it is figured out. I hope NC follows in the footsteps of TN soon.
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are classic "beautiful people." By now you know they are going to have a baby. What sort of child will this be? Handbag.com offers you a projection:
Though this paper (the one I began talking about before a holiday break) is the reason for this post, this post is also an opportunity to address a question I have gotten a lot over the years:
A Roadmap for Migrating Neurons:
There are reports coming out that Angelina Jolie is going into labor.
To some extent we might have to accept the reality of convicts "becom[ing] very distressed" when we're busy killing them. I can't imagine any method of execution that wouldn't be seen, at least by some, as cruel and unusual punishment. Lethal injection might not always be a calm, soothing "put to sleep" kind of thing, but it's a damn sight better than cyanide, firing squads, the noose or the guillotine.
And in some cases -- such as with John Couey -- I'm actually rather sanguine about the thought of suffering on the part of the condemned. Some people, I think, simply do not deserve a painless, peaceful, suffering-free death.
But it seems to me that if we're going to be killing people, it makes more sense to analyze and debug the system that decides who and who should not be killed (hello, Texas), and deal with the methods only after we can be certain they should be employed in the first place.
In some stage we might have to assume the reality of convicts "become very worried? when we're busy killing them. I can't imagine any method of execution that wouldn't be seen, at least by some, as cruel and unusual punishment. Lethal injection might not always becalm, soothing "put to sleep" kind of thing, but it's a damn sight better than cyanide, firing squads, the noose or the guillotine.
It seems to me that if we're going to be killing people, it makes more sense to examine and correct the system that decides who and who should not be killed and deal with the methods only after we can be certain they should be employed in the first place.
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sandy
Addiction Recovery Tennessee
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in 17 cases for the October Term 2007, among them notable cases dealing with lethal injection, voter ID laws and subsequently seized evidence.The Court will consider whether lethal injections of death row inmates constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment.
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Alicemark
Tennessee Treatment Centers
Hi,
I am new to this blog for posting comments.In some stage we might have to assume the reality of convicts "become very worried? when we're busy killing them. I can't imagine any method of execution that wouldn't be seen, at least by some, as cruel and unusual punishment. Lethal injection might not always becalm, soothing "put to sleep" kind of thing, but it's a damn sight better than cyanide, firing squads, the noose or the guillotine.
Lincon