Lethal Injection
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- The Death Penalty Debate Heats Up in CaliforniaThe idea of capital punishment has always been an area of great debate. Already, 16 states and the District of Columbia have abolished its use. Many in California are hoping to make The Golden State No. 17.
- A Humane Form of Capital PunishmentThe arguments pro and con on imposing and carrying out the death penalty usually depend on one's point of view regarding the method of carrying out the death sentence: is it "cruel and unusual punishment" within the Constitution's 8th Amendment?
Linda Carty - Texas Lethal Injection Death Row Inmate Seeking Appeal: Why Linda Carty Kidnapped 4-Day-Old BabyLinda Carty is facing the death sentence for kidnapping a woman and her four-day-old child back in 2000, along with three men. Linda said- Death by Lethal Injection Being Challenged as "Cruel and Unusual" PunishmentLawyers for convicted murderer Timothy Johnson have filed a lawsuit to overturn lethal injection here in Missouri.
- Mark Schwab Executed in FloridaOn Tuesday, July 1, 2008, Mark Dean Schwab was executed in Florida by lethal injection.
- Lethal Injection: Cruel and Unusual Punishment?The recent lawsuit before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of lethal injection as cruel and unusual punishment is outright ludicrous. Mr. Stolyarov believes that the attack on lethal injection is just another attempt to do away with capital punishment.
Reverse the Supreme Court Ruling Concerning Lethal InjectionThe Suprme Court ruled 7-2 that lethal injection is not cruel and unusual but other people think it is.- How is the Lethal Injection Administered in the United States?Most people know that capital punishment is available as a punishment for many states in the U.S., but do you know how the lethal injection is administered?
- Ohio Death Row Inmates Claim Lethal Injection UnconstitutionalSuit Claims Lethal Injection Violates Ohio's Constitutional Ban on Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Ohio's Capital Punishment: Why it Took 2 Hours for a Man to DieLethal injection is the most common form of Capital Punishment, so why did it take nearly 2 hours for Ohio to complete the process? However, this isn't the first time that it's happened.- Possible Lethal Injection Cocktail ChangeDr. Jay Chapman, developer of the lethal injection cocktail, has recently announced that maybe it's time to change the cocktail to more effective and efficient drugs.
- Lethal Injections May Not Be PainlessA recent study shows that contrary to the belief that death by lethal injection is painless and humane, the concentration of the chemicals used for the procedure is often not great enough to stop the prisoners from being conscious during their deaths.
Lethal Injection is Anything but HumaneA large debate is entering the public eye, is that the use of lethal injection to execute death row prisoners is comparable to torture.- Lethal Injection May Cause Horrific Pain and Slow SuffocationA new study shows that the long-accepted practice of lethal injection may cause some prisoners to experience excruciating pain and live suffocation when put to death.
Lethal Injection: Is it Really Cruel and Unusual?How many botched executions will take place before this method of execution is banned?- Capital Punishment's Lethal Injection Too Much of a Punishment?The administration of a fatal dose of drugs was considered more humane than other methods used over the years. The fact is, whether this deemed excruciatingly painful or not, the inmate is sentenced to death.
- MAN SET to DIE by LETHAL INJECTION in TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20th"Second" Inmate This Month
Do You Ever Wonder?More things to wonder about.....
China Executes a Briton by Lethal InjectionAkmal Shaikh, a Pakistan-born British citizen, was executed by lethal injection in China for alleged drug smuggling. He is the first foreigner executed in over fifty years.- Bobby Wayne Woods Executed for 1997 Murder Despite Low I.Q.Bobby Wayne Woods was executed yesterday. Who was Bobby Wayne Woods? He raped and murdered an 11-year-old girl and severely injured her brother. This occurred in 1997.
- Sobering Documentary At the Death House Door to Premiere in Chicago from Hoop Dreams Filmmakers"Hoop Dreams" filmmakers Steve James and Peter Gilbert are bringing "At the Death House Door" to Chicago for a one-week engagement at the Gene Siskel Film Center starting on May 10, 2008 at 8 p.m.
- Pre-Offense Operational Restraint (POOR): Prophecy Fulfilled!Crime costs, violence,coupled with technology will take our nation where we never thought we would go!
Mother of Condemned Inmate Executed Sues Over 90-Minute ExecutionJoseph Clark was executed by lethal injection, which took over 90 minutes. Clark's mother has now filed a claim against Ohio prisons for unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment.
Death Sentence Handed Down in Bart Whitaker CaseWhile Bart Whitaker testified that he couldn't believe what he had done after his family was shot, evidence showed that he had been planning to execute his family for years before the crime actually took place.
Justice is Not "an Eye for an Eye"An opinion on the fate of Terri Winchell's murderer and capital punishment.
How I "Bought Time"What time is it? Do you have time to do this? It's about time. Too much time. Not enough time.
Executing Women: What Message Does This Send Out to Society?Executions of Women are the Ultimate Abuse of a Women by Men
Capital Punishment: Costly and Useless in the 21st CenturyEvery US state should abolish capital punishment. To me, it is remnant of a more primitive society, not a deterent to crime in the 21st century. It costs more, it's inhumane and it just doesn't make sense.
