KD in CA Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Are you kidding me? It would be like trying to beat a whale to death. A baseball bat aint gonna do much to that mook. That's the idea. It ain't supposed to be quick.
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Ratified 12/15/1791. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Hey... We walk over everything else... Why not this?
/dev/null Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Ratified 12/15/1791. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Hey... We walk over everything else... Why not this? QFT
Steely Dan Posted October 13, 2008 Author Posted October 13, 2008 Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Ratified 12/15/1791. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Hey... We walk over everything else... Why not this? I agree with you about the cruel and unusual punishment but if this is put off because of his weight then all a death row prisoner needs to do is make himself a fatty.
ieatcrayonz Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Ratified 12/15/1791. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Hey... We walk over everything else... Why not this? If it said cruel or unusual punishments I would agree. The potential solutions to this problem are plentiful: 1. Do it all the time so it might be cruel, but it is not unusual. 2. Make the unusual punishments fun, like putting a death row dude on a defective roller coaster that will send him plunging to his death, but he doesn't know it. He will be having fun. Not cruel. 3. Come up with an Amendment that defines cruel. Make the definition such that just about any punishment is seen as ok.
buckeyemike Posted October 14, 2008 Posted October 14, 2008 Executed this morning, unrepentant to the end.
Steely Dan Posted October 14, 2008 Author Posted October 14, 2008 Executed this morning, unrepentant to the end. Can you imagine where our society would be if everyone was just completely honest. How much time and money do we waste trying to figure out who's lying and who isn't. How many people die because of lies? I'm not talking about the death penalty exclusively. I know this will never happen but it is the biggest problem in the world IMO.
KD in CA Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 Executed this morning, unrepentant to the end. So they found a vein after all? Oh goodie. Mr. Cooey must have been very relieved. I love a happy ending.
stuckincincy Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Ratified 12/15/1791. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Hey... We walk over everything else... Why not this? It would be child's play to cobble up a bracket to mount a side-by-side 12 gauge shotgun, with twine to yank the triggers. Strap 'em up well in a chair, and point the gun at his heart. Pull the strings, and to borrow a phrase from the Old Wild West when a rustler was strung up..."He was jerked to Jesus". Simple. Effective. Instantaneous.
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