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DirdyD
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US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions
#21449630 - 03/24/15 01:08 AM (9 years, 8 days ago) |
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Al Jazeera Article
"The last was in 2010, when Ronnie Lee Gardner was put to death by five police officers with .30-caliber Winchester rifles in an event that generated international interest and elicited condemnation from many."
So, I don't feel real swell about the death penalty in general.. especially given the fact that each and every human (and as a consequence, the judicial system) that has ever walked this earth has been imperfect and should really consider that when dishing out a penalty of death. 'Nah mean, butterbean?
I also feel like one innocent life taken as a result of being wrongly convicted - as has happened innumerable times - is just cause enough to abolish the death penalty.
But damn! Firing squad?! In 2015?! What kind of shit is that?
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: DirdyD] 4
#21449638 - 03/24/15 01:14 AM (9 years, 8 days ago) |
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Is dying by bullets really that much worse than being fried to death or paralyzed, suffocated, and then topped off with something that'll send you into cardiac arrest?
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DirdyD
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: PrymaLScReam]
#21449681 - 03/24/15 01:36 AM (9 years, 8 days ago) |
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All that sounds horrific.
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: DirdyD] 1
#21449684 - 03/24/15 01:38 AM (9 years, 8 days ago) |
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I think the firing squad is perfect. Too much nit-picky bs about the medications not being humane. All 50 states should have the ability to kill violent repeat offenders.
The choice to do that when the circumstances call for it.
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: SoupSandwich]
#21449693 - 03/24/15 01:43 AM (9 years, 8 days ago) |
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i think they should try death my blow dart....that way it takes forever to actually kill the person.....by the time the person dies you will know for sure if they are guilty or not....ya know...
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: jboredone]
#21449708 - 03/24/15 01:49 AM (9 years, 8 days ago) |
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Maybe the victim, or the victim's family, should have a menu to choose from.
Firing squad. Ants. Starvation. Dipped in acid. Burned at the stake. Shot from a cannon into the ocean. Hung upside down from a helicopter and flown through a field of sharp foliage. Dropped into a volcano. Thunderdome. Piranha. Etc.
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: SoupSandwich]
#21449739 - 03/24/15 02:18 AM (9 years, 8 days ago) |
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Fucked if you ask me O.P. It's perplexing that we can't manufacture our own barbiturates for lethal injection, and need to rely upon other countries to begin with.
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: CosmicJoke]
#21449768 - 03/24/15 02:32 AM (9 years, 8 days ago) |
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yeah, i joke only the government can't figure out how to drug someone to death, considering most people have to actively work at not killing themselves with drugs.
you guys see that onion video?
i don't really care how they kill people.
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: teamkiller]
#21449774 - 03/24/15 02:36 AM (9 years, 8 days ago) |
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: CosmicJoke]
#21449904 - 03/24/15 04:53 AM (9 years, 8 days ago) |
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honestly the end result is all the same. who cares how they kill him?
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: Bassfreak]
#21449937 - 03/24/15 05:26 AM (9 years, 8 days ago) |
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A firing squad is a relatively OK way to do capital punishment. It is quick and quickness reduces the amount of torture. It's better than electrocution or gas chambers. Lethal injection was supposed to be the best, but the chemical companies got cold feet over manufacturing these death drugs. A firing squad also prevents the riflemen from knowing who shot the fatal rounds.
Capital punishment should never be used if there is any doubt of guilt, since it's now known that they probably executed a couple innocent guys. My own philosophical view toward capital punishment is anti, until I heard their crimes then I change my mind. In addition, execution is always considerably more expensive than life imprisonment, in any advanced society that allows an appeals process.
There have been two noteworthy, if not humorous developments in some executions. When Utah executed convicted killer Gary Gilmore by firing squad, his last words were, "lets do it". In a later execution when the convicted was asked if he had any last words. he said "not at this time".
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: DirdyD]
#21449941 - 03/24/15 05:30 AM (9 years, 8 days ago) |
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Quote:
DirdyD said:
But damn! Firing squad?! In 2015?! What kind of shit is that?
How dare they! Shooting them up with an unpleasant mix of chemicals is so much more morally upstanding.
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: Brian Jones]
#21449945 - 03/24/15 05:33 AM (9 years, 8 days ago) |
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Quote:
Brian Jones said: since it's now known that they probably executed a couple innocent guys.
a couple.
probably a fuck ton more than a couple.
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: k00laid]
#21451407 - 03/24/15 02:12 PM (9 years, 7 days ago) |
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I hear they imprisoned a bunch of innocent guys, too. We should just open the gates and let everyone out.
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: k00laid]
#21451557 - 03/24/15 02:38 PM (9 years, 7 days ago) |
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Quote:
Brian Jones said: since it's now known that they probably executed a couple innocent guys.
Who?
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: zappaisgod]
#21451755 - 03/24/15 03:16 PM (9 years, 7 days ago) |
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Just for an argumentative point, Jesse Tafero was convicted of murder and executed via electric chair in May 1990 in the state of Florida for the murders of two Florida Highway Patrol officers. The conviction of a co-defendant was overturned in 1992 after a recreation of the crime scene indicated a third person had committed the murders.
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: Destitute]
#21451789 - 03/24/15 03:23 PM (9 years, 7 days ago) |
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: DirdyD]
#21451894 - 03/24/15 03:43 PM (9 years, 7 days ago) |
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Awesome. Scumbags will be killed for cheaper than they are now.
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: DirdyD]
#21451909 - 03/24/15 03:45 PM (9 years, 7 days ago) |
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Quote:
DirdyD said:
But damn! Firing squad?! In 2015?! What kind of shit is that?
Awesome, relevant, and cool shit IMHO.
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Re: US state of Utah to resume firing squad executions [Re: DirdyD]
#21451922 - 03/24/15 03:48 PM (9 years, 7 days ago) |
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Nothing short of launching these criminals into the sun is justice
AND WE WANT JUSTICE!
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