The_Munchmaster Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Fuck em. A bit of excruciating pain and mental suffering before they die seems quite appropriate considering they were probably sentenced to death for causing someone else excruciating pain and mental suffering when they murdered them. Amnesty International has urged doctors and nurses not to participate in executions by lethal injection as it breaches their ethical oath. In a report the group says the cocktail of drugs used is not always quick and painless and can cause "excruciating pain and extreme mental suffering". The execution method is common in the US and is on the rise in China. However, the US Supreme Court last week agreed to hear a challenge that lethal injections violate the constitution. 'Straitjacket' Amnesty opposes the death penalty in all forms. In its new report, "Execution by lethal injection - a quarter century of state poisoning", it says governments should not put doctors and nurses in the position of carrying out an action contrary to their ethical oath. Jim Welsh, the group's health and human rights co-ordinator, said: "Medical professionals are trained to work for patients' well-being, not to participate in executions ordered by the state." The report also challenges the cocktail of three drugs commonly used in executions. It says that Texas, the biggest US user of lethal injections, has banned the same drugs for dogs and cats on the grounds of the potential pain they may suffer. The group says the drug used to induce unconsciousness can wear off before the prisoner's heart stops, causing extreme physical and mental strain. The patients are, however, in a "chemical straitjacket" and cannot convey their distress, it says. Amnesty cites case studies of US prisoners suffering for about 30 minutes in "botched" executions. It says there are no exact official figures on executions in China but that it is certain to carry out more than any other country. Amnesty says lethal injections are on the rise in China, with mobile vans increasingly being used. Prisoners are executed on a metal bed in a windowless chamber in the back, the group says. The issue of lethal injection is a matter of huge debate in the US. Last week the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case brought by two convicted murderers in Kentucky who argue that the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment contained in the Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution. The court ruling may provide a broad guideline on the method of execution, which some states have suspended after claims it was cruel and ineffective. Andrea Keilen, from a legal firm that represents about 150 death row inmates in Texas, said there was no way of knowing the competency of those carrying out the executions in the state. "We don't have any idea about what's happening in Texas, because it's done in secret." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Frankly, I'd rather just be shot and have done with it. I hate hospitals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLeakHunt Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 I'm trying my damdest to avoid a lethal injection. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weird Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 How about stringing a bunch of prisoners up on a giant lightning rod and putting them out in the middle of a thunderstorm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Sort of like what Xenu might do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 why not have a bit of fun. set up the process and let the crims think the end is near. then watch as they squeal and squirm thinking the drugs are about to kick in. then all viewers rush into the room with halloween masks on and laughing as they shout 'fooled you' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Surely there's a better use for convicted killers - saying disarming bombs or clearing minefields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 never gonna happen. that would infringe their civil rights and not the done thing to treat them badly. after all they have more rights then the the victims they might have deprived of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Although I may wish for serial killing child molesters to die by the most painful method available, I wouldn't really vote for such a thing if push comes to shove. So, okay, if its proven 'cruel and unusual' so be it, but I want to know what Amnesty thinks is a better way to execute someone or are they against it totally and are just shooting down EVERY form of execution? I would assume that medical people have approved the forms of executions we have on the books. If not or even if they have, lets have the medical community and the prisons form a panel and come up wtih a few suitable ways. I'd even go for the prisoner picking from a few choices. Like a buffet of death....hehehehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 personally my choice of death would be a baseball bat. i could easily hit away all Day and inflict as pain as possible. anyone hurt my Family or GF and i would happily apply the death penalty with as much pain as i could administer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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