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Supreme Court Rules on Lethal Injection Method

The most common method used in lethal injection executions in the United States has been upheld by the Supreme Court. A constitutional challenge was made regarding the State of Kentucky's use of the three drugs that sedate, paralyze and, finally, kill inmates. The argument against the three-drug protocol was that if the initial drug failed to sufficiently sedate the inmate, the administration of the other two drugs could result in excruciating pain which the inmate could not express due to paralysis.This method of execution is employed by approximately three dozen states. Executions have been on hold since September 2007 when the high court agreed to hear the Kentucky case.

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george said:

I think it should never have went to the supreme court. It was another delaying tatic used to try to post pone an convicted felony destiny.  If they do the crime then they should accept the results of that crime.  They have exhaused all their appeals; this was the only thing left that they could use to try and get public support.  Well the victims that were left behind need closure.  It's about time they ruled on the case.  It's also about time the prison system started using the method to lower the cost of buildinig new prisons.  If they executed the death row inmates it would make the rest of the inmates know that the prison is not a revolving door.  If they spend time, get parole, or serve their sentence.  Then the next time they come into the system the punishment should be more severe than the first time.  I for one am tired of spending my hard earned money keeping the criminals up.  Three meals a day, free medical and dental, and a roof over their heads without them doing a single days work.  I am a single parent working production in a sewing factory.  I work hard for the little bit of mney I earn.  Yet I don't commit a violent crime nor do I sell drugs.  I try to be a role model for my kids.  Keep them off the streets.    If every one on death row that has exhausted all their appeals should be gone, then that would save the tax payer millions of dollars every day.  Quit playing around and do what most of the middle class people want.  Less crime, less prisons.  If something is not done, by the year 2000 their will be more criminals than there will be places to put them.

April 16, 2008 11:34 PM

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