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Utah Votes to Bring Back Firing Squad
March 12, 2015 at 5:18 pm
You know, I sometimes feel down because I'm stuck in Michigan, but then I tell myself that I could be from Utah.
So, in case you aren't aware, there is a shortage of certain drugs used in lethal injection due to European manufacturers refusing to distribute them, so that is causing some of our more bloodthirsty states to come up with creative solutions. Enter Utah...
Quote:Utah's Senate has approved a measure that would allow a firing squad to carry out the death penalty if the drug to carry out lethal injections is unavailable.
The vote was 18-10, and it's unclear if Republican Gov. Gary Herbert will sign the measure, which would make Utah the only state in the nation to allow firing squads, into law. The state abandoned the practice a little more than a decade ago.
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And bring on the Republican justification...
Quote:Republican Rep. Paul Ray, the measure's sponsor, says firing squads are a more humane form of execution.
I think when you are willing to go to such extremes, it's time for a little self-reflection. 21st century my ass.
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RE: Utah Votes to Bring Back Firing Squad
March 12, 2015 at 5:22 pm
Quote:Republican Rep. Paul Ray, the measure's sponsor, says firing squads are a more humane form of execution.
If he's worried about being fucking humane, he could try, you know, not fucking executing people.
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RE: Utah Votes to Bring Back Firing Squad
March 12, 2015 at 5:23 pm
Quote:Republican Rep. Paul Ray, the measure's sponsor, says firing squads are a more humane form of execution.
Sure. Even Hitler used them.
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RE: Utah Votes to Bring Back Firing Squad
March 12, 2015 at 5:35 pm
Dead is dead. The humane solution is to abolish capital punishment, but that never enters the minds of these rightwing bible thumpers. It's laudable that the European manufacturers don't sell out their drugs for a purpose they never were designed for, but I'm not so sure if they had reacted the same if it wasn't about the bad publicity.
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RE: Utah Votes to Bring Back Firing Squad
March 12, 2015 at 5:45 pm
I'm against capital punishment but personally I'd prefer being killed by a firing squad, by far.
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RE: Utah Votes to Bring Back Firing Squad
March 12, 2015 at 6:06 pm
(This post was last modified: March 12, 2015 at 6:07 pm by SteelCurtain.)
Public viewing could get a little messy...
Are they going full bore? Everyone's got a bullet? Or the old no one knows who killed him gambit where all but one or two have blanks?
Also, how many stories of people getting shot in the head and surviving do we hear?
If you survive a firing squad, do you get to go home?
If I have to choose a method, I'd take Le Rasoir National, La Monte-à-regret---Madame la Guillotine.
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RE: Utah Votes to Bring Back Firing Squad
March 12, 2015 at 6:16 pm
My question is: who in the hell agrees to be on a firing squad?
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RE: Utah Votes to Bring Back Firing Squad
March 12, 2015 at 6:19 pm
(March 12, 2015 at 6:16 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: My question is: who in the hell agrees to be on a firing squad?
Likely as not, the sort of people who may eventually wind up in front of one.
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RE: Utah Votes to Bring Back Firing Squad
March 12, 2015 at 6:23 pm
(March 12, 2015 at 6:16 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: My question is: who in the hell agrees to be on a firing squad?
Many street corners in Texas are filled with applicants.
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RE: Utah Votes to Bring Back Firing Squad
March 12, 2015 at 6:24 pm
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(March 12, 2015 at 6:23 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: (March 12, 2015 at 6:16 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: My question is: who in the hell agrees to be on a firing squad?
Many street corners in Texas are filled with applicants.
Mad cool - a picture of three blokes uncomfortable with the size of their penises.
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