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Utah to allow firing squads for executions

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Utah to allow firing squads for executions - CNN.com

Lethal injection remains the primary method for carrying out executions in the state, Gov. Gary R. Herbert said in a statement. A firing squad would only be used in the event the necessary drugs cannot be obtained.

"Those who voiced opposition to this bill are primarily arguing against capital punishment in general and that decision has already been made in our state," said Marty Carpenter, a spokesman for Herbert.
Legal challenges to the drug mixes used.
Why not use the Chinese method- Shot to the back of the head, or a 22 cal, thru the ear canal, bullet bounces around the skull scrambles the brain.
 
Utah to allow firing squads for executions - CNN.com


Legal challenges to the drug mixes used.
Why not use the Chinese method- Shot to the back of the head, or a 22 cal, thru the ear canal, bullet bounces around the skull scrambles the brain.

Heart shot is not an immediate killer. Takes a few seconds. Head shot is faster. I say let the suffer their last few seconds on earth.
 
Heart shot is not an immediate killer. Takes a few seconds. Head shot is faster. I say let the suffer their last few seconds on earth.

Guillotine? Yes, no or maybe?
 
Why not use the Chinese method- Shot to the back of the head, or a 22 cal, thru the ear canal, bullet bounces around the skull scrambles the brain.

Dont forget to bill the family for the prison time and the bullet... on top of burial.
 
So? Most people are not. Have someone kill your wife or children, then see if your tune changes on that.

Seems to be some truth to that, but still not sure the emotional response justifies the practice...

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So? Most people are not. Have someone kill your wife or children, then see if your tune changes on that.

And that is why the death penalty is a bad idea, because however you put it, it is just simply revenge and revenge is never a good idea. You want justice to be impersonal and objective. And I think life in jail is just as effective and just as much punishment as the death penalty (if not worse for the offender).
 
And that is why the death penalty is a bad idea, because however you put it, it is just simply revenge and revenge is never a good idea. You want justice to be impersonal and objective. And I think life in jail is just as effective and just as much punishment as the death penalty (if not worse for the offender).

Yea, wrong.
 
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.



Quick and efficient. Who cares the means?
 
I wonder about the drugs used, Propofol and Exsanguination should do the job
without much discomfort.
 
So freakin' what. Once you give the State the right of execution does it even matter how it happens? I wonder why they'd bother with the drugs anyway- no danger of a shortage of bullets in Utah and you get the added bonus of group participation.
 
Heart shot is not an immediate killer. Takes a few seconds. Head shot is faster. I say let the suffer their last few seconds on earth.

I don't favor consciously letting anyone suffer, no matter what they have done. My preference is quick and painless. I would use the same method that I would want them to use on me. Shot to the brainstem.
 
I don't favor consciously letting anyone suffer, no matter what they have done. My preference is quick and painless. I would use the same method that I would want them to use on me. Shot to the brainstem.

I favor massive and unending suffering followed by a painful death for those with no value on life and for the suffering they have caused many others. But that's just me.
 
And that is why the death penalty is a bad idea, because however you put it, it is just simply revenge and revenge is never a good idea. You want justice to be impersonal and objective. And I think life in jail is just as effective and just as much punishment as the death penalty (if not worse for the offender).
The idea that if you take the life of an innocent you have forfeited your own is about as objective and impersonal as it gets. Plus if life in jail were 'worse for the offender' why does every one of them appeal to have their sentence reduced to life in prison? Answer: because the death penalty IS worse for the offender despite your claim to the contrary.
 
I favor massive and unending suffering followed by a painful death for those with no value on life and for the suffering they have caused many others. But that's just me.

I take it we are supposed to believe you value life with a position like that.
 
So wouldn't that mean the executors deserve to die?

It's the difference between justice being served, as opposed to the taking of an innocent life. The murderer takes the life of someone who has done nothing to deserve it. The executor provides the means of justice being served when that innocent life has been taken.
 
And that is why the death penalty is a bad idea, because however you put it, it is just simply revenge and revenge is never a good idea. You want justice to be impersonal and objective. And I think life in jail is just as effective and just as much punishment as the death penalty (if not worse for the offender).

At last, a civilized human being ...and this is the way a man should be, rather than being a savage ..
NO to capital punishment ..
Why must our nation be so backward ..
 
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