Supreme Court upholds use of lethal injections

[red states rule]

Good news for the USSC. Now several states have lifted their ban on
executions


Supreme Court upholds use of lethal injections
By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press Writer
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WASHINGTON --The Supreme Court upheld the most common method of lethal injections executions Wednesday, clearing the way for states to resume executions that have been on hold for nearly 7 months.

The justices, by a 7-2 vote, turned back a constitutional challenge to the procedures in place in Kentucky, which uses three drugs to sedate, paralyze and kill inmates. Similar methods are used by roughly three dozen states.

The governor of Virginia lifted his state's moratorium on executions two hours after the high court issued its ruling.

"We ... agree that petitioners have not carried their burden of showing that the risk of pain from maladministration of a concededly humane lethal injection protocol, and the failure to adopt untried and untested alternatives, constitute cruel and unusual punishment," Chief Justice John Roberts said in an opinion that garnered only three votes. Four other justices, however, agreed with the outcome.

Roberts' opinion did leave open subsequent challenges to lethal injection practices if a state refused to adopt an alternative method that significantly reduced the risk of severe pain.

Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter dissented.

http://www.thestate.com/nationwire/story/377641.html

[mundame]

Good news for the USSC. Now several states have lifted their ban on
executions


Supreme Court upholds use of lethal injections
By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press Writer
Related Content


WASHINGTON --The Supreme Court upheld the most common method of lethal injections executions Wednesday, clearing the way for states to resume executions that have been on hold for nearly 7 months.

The justices, by a 7-2 vote, turned back a constitutional challenge to the procedures in place in Kentucky, which uses three drugs to sedate, paralyze and kill inmates. Similar methods are used by roughly three dozen states.

The governor of Virginia lifted his state's moratorium on executions two hours after the high court issued its ruling.

"We ... agree that petitioners have not carried their burden of showing that the risk of pain from maladministration of a concededly humane lethal injection protocol, and the failure to adopt untried and untested alternatives, constitute cruel and unusual punishment," Chief Justice John Roberts said in an opinion that garnered only three votes. Four other justices, however, agreed with the outcome.

Roberts' opinion did leave open subsequent challenges to lethal injection practices if a state refused to adopt an alternative method that significantly reduced the risk of severe pain.

Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter dissented.

http://www.thestate.com/nationwire/story/377641.html




Good.

[red states rule]

Good.

NOw the bleeding hearts will find another reason to sue, and protect the lives of murders

[theHawk]

What the hell ever happened to firing squads? It it would save so much money, no need for doctors and all these drugs and equipment. Just tie 'em up to a post, put the barrell to his forehead, and pull the trigger.

[red states rule]

What the hell ever happened to firing squads? It it would save so much money, no need for doctors and all these drugs and equipment. Just tie 'em up to a post, put the barrell to his forehead, and pull the trigger.

Hanging is cheaper. You can 3 or 4 hangings with a good strong piece of rope

[Little-Acorn]

This was always one of the sillier lawsuits. The guy on the table has MURDERED somebody, often several somebodies, often with aggravating circumstances such as kidnapping, lying in wait, rape etc.

And these fruitcakes say that sticking him with a needle is "inhumane"? They're worried that he'll be afraid???

What a waste of time. At least it's over now, and we can push them aside and get back to the distasteful but necessary business of eliminating the especially-depraved murderers among us.

[red states rule]

ABC is upset with the USSC ruling, and is now crying over convicted killers being brought to justice

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ABC then lists the often-cited, emotion-evoking death penalty mishaps which are the basis of many anti-death-penalty arguments.

In Florida, convicted murderer Angel Diaz was executed in 2006. But a medical examiner's postmortem examination revealed that due to the improper injection of the anesthetic in his case, he had chemical burns on both arms. Experts believe he would have felt extreme pain for 20 to 30 minutes.

In Ohio, Joseph Clark was sentenced to death for killing a gas station attendant. But his 2006 execution was botched. It took him 86 minutes to die while he screamed in pain.

Continuing the attack, ABC makes this odd observation.

In Missouri, the doctor who devised and supervised that state's lethal injection procedure has admitted in court that he is dyslexic, "so it's not unusual for me to make mistakes."

The viewpoint of the victims is not touched upon by ABC until two sentences and a quote at the very end of the article. And even then the victims' family members are described as unsympathetic to death row inmates. Well, of course they are unsympathetic.

Once again, the media choose to point its sympathy at criminals. With the exception of a few notorious child rape cases, everybody on death row in the United States is a convicted killer. Every one of those cases has a victim (or multiple victims). Those folks certainly had their 8th Amendment rights violated, but that's not the focus of the media in this particular debate.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jason-aslinger/2008/04/16/despite-ruling-abc-continues-assault-death-penalty

[theHawk]

It is an insane arguement, to say that a particular way of killing a murderer is "inhumane".

These same shitbag liberals argue that killing a a perfectly healthy child as the mother is giving birth(partial birth abortions) is perfectly "humane".

How people can have their morals that ass-backwards is unbelievable.

[red states rule]

It is an insane arguement, to say that a particular way of killing a murderer is "inhumane".

These same shitbag liberals argue that killing a a perfectly healthy child as the mother is giving birth(partial birth abortions) is perfectly "humane".

How people can have their morals that ass-backwards is unbelievable.

You have to consider the source. ABC is repeating the bleeding heart liberal talking points

[avatar4321]

It is an insane arguement, to say that a particular way of killing a murderer is "inhumane".

These same shitbag liberals argue that killing a a perfectly healthy child as the mother is giving birth(partial birth abortions) is perfectly "humane".

How people can have their morals that ass-backwards is unbelievable.

that's exactly their point. They want to argue that all methods of execution are inhumane. That's there way to getting it eliminated completely. So stupid.

Im just tired of the hypocrisy of it. executing murders is bad, but little children is perfectly acceptible.

[actsnoblemartin]

I think pro or anti death penalty, to claim that putting a murderer to sleep with a needle is unconstitutional or barbaric, is a flat out lie.

and intellectually dishonest.


Good news for the USSC. Now several states have lifted their ban on
executions


Supreme Court upholds use of lethal injections
By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press Writer
Related Content


WASHINGTON --The Supreme Court upheld the most common method of lethal injections executions Wednesday, clearing the way for states to resume executions that have been on hold for nearly 7 months.

The justices, by a 7-2 vote, turned back a constitutional challenge to the procedures in place in Kentucky, which uses three drugs to sedate, paralyze and kill inmates. Similar methods are used by roughly three dozen states.

The governor of Virginia lifted his state's moratorium on executions two hours after the high court issued its ruling.

"We ... agree that petitioners have not carried their burden of showing that the risk of pain from maladministration of a concededly humane lethal injection protocol, and the failure to adopt untried and untested alternatives, constitute cruel and unusual punishment," Chief Justice John Roberts said in an opinion that garnered only three votes. Four other justices, however, agreed with the outcome.

Roberts' opinion did leave open subsequent challenges to lethal injection practices if a state refused to adopt an alternative method that significantly reduced the risk of severe pain.

Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter dissented.

http://www.thestate.com/nationwire/story/377641.html

[red states rule]

I think pro or anti death penalty, to claim that putting a murderer to sleep with a needle is unconstitutional or barbaric, is a flat out lie.

and intellectually dishonest.

Liberals bend iver backwards to save a convicted killer, yet stand on the sidelines, and nod with approval when the unborn are put to death

Go figure