Arizona execution goes terribly wrong

[Political Junky]

This could lead to the abolition of executions.

Arizona Execution of Joseph Wood Took Nearly Two Hours - NBC News

An Arizona execution took nearly two hours on Wednesday, and witnesses said he gasped and snorted for well over an hour.

The execution of double-murderer Joseph Wood — which Arizona carried out with a lethal-injection it had never before tried — is certain to fan the debate over how U.S. states carry out the death penalty.

"I've never witnessed an execution that took that long," defense lawyer Dale Baich told NBC News. "The state of Arizona today conducted a failed experiment....It was horrible to watch."
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[Mr. H.]

I'm sure his victims died quite comfortably.

 

[JoeB131]

So that makes us better than him, how?

 

[Gracie]

I wonder how long his victims snorted and gasped.

 

[Noomi]

They had never tried the drug before so decided to experiment?
No matter what he did, no one deserves to die like that.

 

[Big Black Dog]

I have no sympathy for him. If it took him 2 hours to die, at least he lived 2 hours longer than his murder victims.

 

[jillian]

I'm sure his victims died quite comfortably.

do you see anything in this amendment that says "except for really nasty criminals"?

AMENDMENT VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Eighth Amendment | Constitution | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

 

[Mr. H.]

So that makes us better than him, how?

 

[Mr. H.]

I'm sure his victims died quite comfortably.

do you see anything in this amendment that says "except for really nasty criminals"?

[quote[AMENDMENT VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Eighth Amendment | Constitution | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute[/QUOTE]

Where was the intent here?

 

[Gracie]

They had never tried the drug before so decided to experiment?
No matter what he did, no one deserves to die like that.

His two victims didn't deserve to die either. Sorry. No sympathy for him.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

People wonder why I keep saying the government can't do anything right.

 

[Rozman]

We have done lethal injection before.
Now they have no idea how to do it.
Were states forced to use a different procedure by Libs.
Now it's a disaster by design? So now there is outrage and we need to end it?

 

[SteadyMercury]

No sympathy for this guy but I so don't get this, a vet can put a large dog to sleep in 20 seconds.

Bring in a fucking vet, get out the green shot, and call it a day.

 

[Peach]

I have no sympathy for him. If it took him 2 hours to die, at least he lived 2 hours longer than his murder victims.

The justice system does not exist to imitate the cruel, and heinous.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

I have no sympathy for him. If it took him 2 hours to die, at least he lived 2 hours longer than his murder victims.

The justice system does not exist to imitate the cruel, and heinous.

Yet it does so everyday.

 

[Mad Scientist]

He's dead isn't he?

Please explain how it went wrong.

 

[JoeB131]

We have done lethal injection before.
Now they have no idea how to do it.
Were states forced to use a different procedure by Libs.
Now it's a disaster by design? So now there is outrage and we need to end it?

More like, other countries that were providing the drugs to do it aren't playing along anymore...

because it's fucking barbaric.

Here are my two problems with the Death Penalty.

Eventually, you are going to get the wrong guy, if you haven't already. 148 people on death row have been let go because someone else did what they were convicted of.

Second, in attempts to keep the first one from happening, ever, we spend a huge amount of money second- guessing and re-examining cases of the 3100 on Death Rows so we can execute 30 or so of them a year.

 

[Godboy]

He suffered for an hour? It sounds to me like that execution went wonderfully right!

 

[Big Black Dog]

I have no sympathy for him. If it took him 2 hours to die, at least he lived 2 hours longer than his murder victims.

The justice system does not exist to imitate the cruel, and heinous.

Personally, I think if a person is to be executed, they should be hung in public.

 

[Katzndogz]

The execution did not go wrong. It ended with the desired result. It just took a bit longer.

Bring back the firing squad or hanging. Quick and cheap.