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Oklahoma Botched an Execution With Untested Lethal Injection Drugs
Daniel_Stuckey (2647775) writes "The state of Oklahoma had scheduled two executions for Tuesday, April 29th. This in spite of myriad objections that the drugs being used for both lethal injections had not been tested, and thus could violate the constitutional right to the courts, as well as the 8th Amendment: protection from cruel and unusual punishment. After much legal and political wrangling, the state proceeded with the executions anyway. It soon became clear that the critics' worst case scenarios were coming true — Oklahoma violently botched the first execution. The inmate "blew" a vein and had a heart attack. The state quickly postponed the second one. 'After weeks of Oklahoma refusing to disclose basic information about the drugs for tonight's lethal injection procedures, tonight, Clayton Lockett was tortured to death,' Madeline Cohen, the attorney of Charles Warner, the second man scheduled for execution, said in a statement. Katie Fretland at The Guardian reported from the scene of the botched attempt to execute Lockett using the untested, unvetted, and therefore potentially unconstitutional lethal injection drugs."
sciencehabit also points out a study indicating that around 4% of death row inmates in the U.S. are likely innocent.
You just went full retard.
Never go full retard.
- Don't do what I do, it's probably not healthy nor safe. -
See this makes my whole week. Shitbag dirty criminal animal who rapes and murders multiple people gets "absolutely tremendous levels of suffering"
There is a huge grin on my face right now. Knowing it pisses you off even makes me happier.
Cool!
Capthca: Hilarity! Can you believe it! HAHAHAH Fuck off.,
First of all, how do you decide who is a "waste of taxpayer money"? That seems to me like a slippery slope that could be applied to any group if the mob so deems it.
We already have death panels (cost of life analysis and funding) under Obamacare. Slippery slope you say? Keep on sliding and pickup speed along the way.
Life is not for the lazy.
I'm really curious why this comment was down modded.
It's on topic, polite and clear. No name calling, no attacking or even silliness and jokes.
So in the end this must be downmodded due to the moderator disagreeing with my point.
Is that the policy here? Only approved comments allowed? No "free speech" I take it?
You twats are pathetic thin skinned assholes it what I seem to see. None of you would survive in an open debate with me, hide behind your mod powers and all slap each others backs with congratulations, woo hoo!
Do you want an echo chamber or intelligent debate? You cannot have both.
Intellectual pantywaist is what you are.
So, tell me why it is that you can't at least filter this crap? This *ain;t* the way slashdot was even five years ago, much less 10 or 15.
And as for this anon coward: boy, what is this? Your folks aren't reading this, so who are you trying to shock... or are you just going to point out "look what I posted" to the rest of your 15 yr old stupid buddies, who are so tough my cat would send you to the hospital, and you'd never touch him.
Or are you on something that oine of your "cool" buddies got you? You'll probably die before you're 23, having ingested something with, oh, drain cleaner.
Actually, that wouldn't be bad - it would get you out of the shallow end of the gene pool.
Go away, kid, you bother us.
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