Execution to be allowed using Nitrogen gas!

[Anonymous]

As is always the case, two wrongs don’t make a right. Capital punishment is about revenge pure and simple. It has little value as a deterrent to murder, especially when it can take decades before a prisoner is actually put to death.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I have no problem with putting murderers and rapists to death.

We should make it a streamlined process.

+1
Add child abusers to that list. I truly don't understand the minds of anti-capital punishment people.

We have executed too many innocent people to responsibly use the death penalty.

We have allowed too many innocent people to be killed by allowing violent repeat criminals to walk freely.

That's a completely different issue than the state killing innocent people. And you know it.

Keep violent repeat criminals locked up. No one is going to argue with that.

It's terrible to lock up someone innocent. But once the state deliberately kills someone innocent it verges into horror.

And when there is a system that overwhelmingly kills one race over another for the same or similar crimes, then you have a matter of injustice. That is yet another reason to get rid of this barbaric practice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no problem with putting murderers and rapists to death.

We should make it a streamlined process.

+1
Add child abusers to that list. I truly don't understand the minds of anti-capital punishment people.

We have executed too many innocent people to responsibly use the death penalty.

We have allowed too many innocent people to be killed by allowing violent repeat criminals to walk freely.

+100

What does that have to do with the state executing innocent people? Can you explain? You are saying kill everyone accused of violent crimes, even those who are not guilty of the crime, so to ensure that not a single guilty person goes free, is that your argument?? Sounds swell until it's someone you know and love who is wrongly accused.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no problem with putting murderers and rapists to death.

We should make it a streamlined process.

+1
Add child abusers to that list. I truly don't understand the minds of anti-capital punishment people.

We have executed too many innocent people to responsibly use the death penalty.

We have allowed too many innocent people to be killed by allowing violent repeat criminals to walk freely.

That's a completely different issue than the state killing innocent people. And you know it.

Keep violent repeat criminals locked up. No one is going to argue with that.

It's terrible to lock up someone innocent. But once the state deliberately kills someone innocent it verges into horror.

And when there is a system that overwhelmingly kills one race over another for the same or similar crimes, then you have a matter of injustice. That is yet another reason to get rid of this barbaric practice.

PP here. People DO argue with keeping murderers, rapists, and pedophiles locked up. I'm fine doing away with capital punishment; but no parole or early release for those who commit heinous, violent crimes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nitrogen execution is death by suffocation, not painless. I don't know why they did not consider carbon monoxide.

It most definitely is not death by suffocation. The cause is asphyxiation. These are not the same. When people die of carbon monoxide, asphyxiation. When plane passengers pass out and die because their cabin de-pressurizes, asphyxiation. For example, see the death of Payne Stewart. Nitrogen, helium - basically inert gases - all work. Look up ‘exit bag’. The method is commonly used by those seeking a simple and painless end-of-life. So maybe novel for state sanctioned penalties, but in no way novel otherwise.

It’s like suffocating. The tissues have no oxygen. That is painful, especially in the muscles (like a heart attack).

No, it is not like suffocating.