Here in Ohio, in the latest botched execution, a convicted killer takes over an hour to die from lethal injection.
The deadly chemicals started to flow at 10:25 a.m., [prison spokeswoman Andrea Dean] said.
“But after about three or four minutes,” she continued, “the inmate was able to raise his head off the gurney and said, ‘It’s not working.’ ” The vein had collapsed, she said.
Is this cruel and unusual? Or is it merely the thought that counts? I am inclined to go with the former.
Now come on, should we really be killing people? Is it truly in our mortal hands to kill members of the tribe who have committed atrocities against other members? Who is fit to judge? We talk about the sanctity of life regarding unborn fetuses, which almost certainly have no awareness or consciousness, but what about real, proven, fully-formed human life?
I believe that there are better punishments out there; alternatives to taking life away from someone who may or may not have repented, who may or may not still have some good left in them… and especially when the certainty of guilt is within a shadow of a doubt.
Life is precious, and i just can’t believe that anyone – be it a killer, or a judge – has the right to kill another human being.
