Death Row Execution made to hurt a little.....

[Tyrone Biggums]

McGuire was convicted of raping, sodomizing and slashing the throat of 22-year-old acquaintance Joy Stewart, who was eight months pregnant at the time of her murder in 1989.

Seems to me he gave up his constitutional rights as he committed these acts. Good riddance.

[Nash B.]

Seems to me he gave up his constitutional rights as he committed these acts.

That's not how it works.

[Shaggin Wagon]

I think the punishment system would be great if it was eye for an eye, you rape, you get raped. You steal, we get to steal your finger, then your hand on your next one.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Go back to a cheaper and more public form of capital punishment like hangings. That would do more for violent crime in a month than the police could do in a decade.

[crapstang]

Amendment VIII

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

This.

As much as I'd love to watch him slowly burn, it's not right. If we throw these laws out the window, we end up screwing ourselves over. It can branch out and turn into torturing suspects for information, etc. Scary stuff.

[46Tbird]

The only problem I have is that we wasted 25 years worth of shelter, food, water, and air before dealing with the issue appropriately.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

This.

As much as I'd love to watch him slowly burn, it's not right. If we throw these laws out the window, we end up screwing ourselves over. It can branch out and turn into torturing suspects for information, etc. Scary stuff.

I really hate it when I agree with you. This is a slippery slope.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

The only problem I have is that we wasted 25 years worth of shelter, food, water, and air before dealing with the issue appropriately.

Convict the guy, next morning on the steps of the courthouse is the execution. Yeah, we might kill one or two innocents but thems the breaks.

[jw33]

I wish I could trust our justice system as much as some of you. In reality if this guy was extremely wealthy or had a last name like Kennedy he might very well be walking around as a free man.

Does anyone know the average legal costs for an inmate sentanced to death vs a true liftetime in prison?

[juiceweezl]

Do away with this very expensive and unconstitutional form of execution. Bullet in the back of the head and go about your day.

...after making them dig their own hole first.

[46Tbird]

Convict the guy, next morning on the steps of the courthouse is the execution. Yeah, we might kill one or two innocents but thems the breaks.

Hold on there, hoss....

"...the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make."

That article of the Constitution establishes an appellate court system. This person went through his appeals, where the original conviction was upheld.

Please explain to me why putting a 28yr old man in jail and keeping him there for 25 years is beneficial to him or to society.

[Samhain]

That's not how it works.

It sure looks that way in this case.

[CWO]

U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 2 is a member here? Awesome!

[DON SVO]

LOL, read that. So he was fucking snoring. So what? I bet when the kids were little they did not freak out when dad was snoring.

He snored because the drugs that relax the muscles effectively let the tongue fall back and block his airway, similar to when you get KO'd. Snoring is a good thing for the proponents, it means he was unconscious and felt no pain.

[Nash B.]

It sure looks that way in this case.

And doing so goes against the Constitution.

He snored because the drugs that relax the muscles effectively let the tongue fall back and block his airway, similar to when you get KO'd. Snoring is a good thing for the proponents, it means he was unconscious and felt no pain.

I'm no doctor but I don't think merely losing muscle control means he was unconscious.