death penalty issues

With the search function disabled, I'm not sure if there's an existing thread for this case. Supreme Court orders new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip Of course, the two "hang-em-high" justices voted for him to die.

Was somewhat surprised to find no reference to this on this forum when I did a search. Given that a high percentage of posters here are from the US of A, and this being the last developed Western country retaining the death penalty in many states, I would like to hear their opinions. Mind you...

What do people think of Trump's transitional executions drive? Whilst I have every sympathy with Brandon Bernard's victims, it seems unnecessarily vindictive of Trump. AP If executions are to be carried out, it should be promptly, as in mediaeval times, not on average, ten year's after. ibid

CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/politics/justice-department-capital-punishment-barr/index.html

I've always had the opinion that one is either for or against capital punishment, and that the number of victims or manner of killing, is irrelevant. Yet, there are two separate cases at the moment where people seem to have drawn a line that some crimes are horrific enough to warrant the death...

As I have stated previously, I am strictly against the death penalty, but I guess this provides an end to a very dark situation. Japan executes sarin gas attack cult leader Shoko Asahara and six members

On youtube there are several Iranian hangings on video. Looking at the victims final moments I see very little activity from the victims. Only in one video did I see weak movement of the legs but this victim, a woman was given a reverse hanging. Is a normal hanging this painless? The...

Slate reports on another apparent travesty of what Justice Blackmun called "the machinery of death:" http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2015/09/richard_glossip_innocence_governor_or_supreme_court_should_stay_oklahoma.single.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32178121

I didn't see a thread on this, but it made me sooo mad. https://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/23980573/protests-over-rape-killing-of-indian-girls/ I'm glad that there are a lot of sane people in India protesting the actions of these... sub animal-kind (calling them animals is insulting to...

The electric chair is officially an alternative method of execution in Tennessee if lethal drugs are not available. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tennessee-signs-bill-electric-chair-23836338 I wonder if the horrifying aspect of being electrocuted would add as an additional crime...

Painless, very cheap and without the complications of someone being injected with a cocktail of drugs that can have the side effect of torturing that person to death.

This thread: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=277290 Leaves aside a couple basic questions that I would like to get to the bottom of. So here's a poll for that very purpose. The question is, "how many innocents is it acceptable to execute?" in the context of...

In the ongoing discussion over capital punishment, currently triggered by what the US administration has described as falling short of humane standards. However this doesn't address the main reasons for opposition to the death penalty; moral and ethical. Neglecting for the moment whether or not...

Today, I switched over to MSNBC in my car for a little while, via Sirius. Not my usual fare, but sometimes listenable, though sometimes not. In any case there was a story about two inmates scheduled for execution receiving stays. The issue was the source and quality of the drugs used for...

Another US Ex Prison official states why they are against the death penalty. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26273051

The big problem for me is the defence of I was forced to do it by bad people. In this most recent case you have a middle aged woman who claims she had to take the drugs into Bali in a suitcase as she was forced to. Other members of the drugs ring she was in have been given lesser sentences and...

Hi. I was wondering about the death penalty and if/how it can be justified, and have got a lot of questions. I notice a lot of people here on Randi Forum seem to oppose the idea. What I'm wondering is, why is it so absurd to think that one could potentially forfeit their right to life if they...

In a thread in community, about the dog that savaged tim and several other people, Rolfe (who is, of course, a vet, not an executioner) wrote- Now Rolfe and I assuredly agree it's sad that "good", socialised dogs are killed for reasons of minor inconvenience to owners, while the dangerous...

I am not sure what to make of this. The details are sparse, and I beleive it is unclear whether this woman was executed for sorcery, or for swindling people. It does not even say how she was executed. I hope it was not by stoning. It staggers me to think of people being charged and put to...

So almost 30 years after executing officer Daniel Faulkner, Mumia Abu Jamal's death sentence has been reduced to life in prison. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h8havjXTiK43TjdWSUSm4taWZCQw?docId=e5fddd7e67b64309b8b1bc598bf6720d Mumia's case has had idiotic celebrities, Paris...

Here are some interesting pictures of alleged woman drug dealers the day before their executions in Communist China. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069844/Chinese-execution-pictures-Women-executed-drug-smuggling.html

http://news.yahoo.com/texas-prisons-end-special-last-meals-executions-195102056.html Really, who did it hurt? I think it's a fine tradition, for those countries that still have the death penalty. Ending a life is serious business, and the last meal was a nice way of paying respect to that even...

This thread got me thinking: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124546&page=2 What if an innocent person, after exhausting his appeals, simply refused to cooperate with the execution? What if he put up a fight? Screamed? Would they force him into the execution chamber...

Temporary stay granted for Texas death row inmate

Found this article online. http://www.good.is/post/people-are-awesome-muslim-hate-crime-victim-petitions-to-save-his-attacker-s-life/

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/obama-asks-stay-execution-texas-165829939.html "President Obama is asking the Supreme Court to stay tomorrow's planned execution of a Mexican citizen in Texas, arguing it could do "irreparable harm" to U.S. interests abroad. In 1994, Humberto Leal Garcia...

http://www.metro.us/boston/boston/article/898521--whitey-bulger-will-bulger-face-death-penalty Whitey Bulger - 81 - could face the death penalty for his crimes. Should there be an age limit for the death penalty? :confused:

http://www.theage.com.au/world/executions-cost-300m-each-in-california-study-20110621-1gdfu.html Not only that: Even if you factor in a three times fudge factor, that's still $100 million an execution. Does anyone want to rationalise this practice, as against incarceration for the rest of...

I can't believe this hasn't been posted yet. I don't know if this belongs here or in Social Issues & Current Events, but I'll trust the Mods to deal with that... http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-illinois-death-penalty-history20110309,0,2336421.story Personally, while I don't...