I dont oppose the death penalty but a lethal injection of drugs that has never been tested seems wrong.
The government should not play God. Only God should decide when a person should die.
I am not opposed to the death penalty at all but I do believe it should be done in a fairly painless and in a humane manner when it is used. I would strongly prefer a physical execution to a drugged one.
That is where the problem comes in. Some people have been wrongly convicted
but when a man plays god, its only fair that other men play god for him
There is nothing "humane" about ending the life of another person, no matter how deserving they may be of death.
That rationale equates the actions of the government with the actions of the killer.
Some methods are far more humane than others. A quick beheading, or bullet to the brain is quick and likely painless. As opposed to a stoning.
Seems to me that hospitals frequently induce comas in people with traumatic brain or other injuries, eliminating all feeling - why not just induce a coma and then end the person's life, if eliminating any pain for the deseased is the goal?
remind me how many murder victims get a jury of their peers and other constitutional protections
How many people who are executed for crimes that they didn't commit get their lives back?
How many people who are executed for crimes that they didn't commit get their lives back?
I dont oppose the death penalty but a lethal injection of drugs that has never been tested seems wrong.
What is the number?
I dont oppose the death penalty but a lethal injection of drugs that has never been tested seems wrong.
States deciding if someone lives or dies is a problem indeed.
But for those who do support the death penalty, I see no reason why they would be concerned with death being administered in a "humane" way. There's no one on death row, convicted of murder, who administered a death sentence on their victim(s) in a humane way.
Seems to me that hospitals frequently induce comas in people with traumatic brain or other injuries, eliminating all feeling - why not just induce a coma and then end the person's life, if eliminating any pain for the deseased is the goal?
The biggest problem being that there is always a chance of killing an innocent person. That is just unacceptable.
But yeah, to not derail the thread further, Ohio shouldn't use this untested method to kill someone. It just screams of being wrong.