Crime News - Is It Time To Change The Manner Of Execution For The Death Penalty?

Right now in all 50 states the manners of execution are as follows; electrocution, lethal gas, lethal injection and in 1 - 3 states there is still hanging and the firing squad. By far the most popular method of execution is lethal injection.

What got me writing about this subject today is a story I saw on CNN this morning. They are now questioning (as they did in the past with electrocution and gas) if the cocktail of deadly drugs they now give inmates is cruel and unusual punishment that should be abolished. Cited was past examples of death row inmates that were laid out on the gurney and prepared to die (after first going to sleep by the first injection) but things went horribly wrong. It took one man one and a half hours to die instead of the normal 10 - 15 minutes. And they say that it goes very wrong more often than not.

CNN interviewed the doctor that actually came up with the deadly cocktail of drugs in the 80's that is now used today and he agreed that the method should be looked into for change. But what astonished me most was his final answer for a solution to the problem. He actually suggested we bring back the guillotine! I found it absurd that someone in this day and age would actually bring us back to the middle ages and suggest such a thing. The good doctor says, "It's final and it's quick, so it's a good method."

Oh give me a break! Yeah, let's just go cut people's head off. I don't think so plus I am sure cruel and unusual punishment arguments could be brought up over this method as well since surely you have heard that it is highly suspect that most beheading victims do not die right away and may even be cognizant for up to a minute.

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up this thorny issue today.

What is your thoughts on this matter of crime news?

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