Dead is, well...Dead!
I found this news article this morning:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070703/ts_alt_afp/usexecutionsuit
Briefly, it is about the mother of a convicted felon who was put to death in Ohio. The lethal injection execution took 86 minutes to produce the required outcome. The mother has filed suit in court naming the execution team as defendants for "cruel and unusual punishment". She claims they took too long to execute him because of their unenviable task of finding a suitable vein with which to deliver the lethal agents. (He was a known drug user who had heavy scarring on both arms because of his daily habit before incarceration.)
Um, they did their job, right? The guy is dead. I'll concede it took a while longer than ordering a Big Mac at your local drive thru window, but the fact remains that he was sentenced to die by this method, the method was implemented, and the outcome as far as anyone can tell was a complete success. The way I see it, the guy got another 86 minutes of life beyond what he should have expected- and this- after living in a prison cell since 1984. It took 23 years, one hour and 28 minutes to finally exercise the court's ruling.
Interestingly enough, I had to Google his name for additional sources/articles to find out what he was convicted of in the first place. (The above article doesn't mention it. USA Today doesn't mention it, his hometown paper doesn't mention it, and at least two other sources didn't cite his crime.)
Anyone care to guess what he was convicted of? Murder!! He's a cold blooded killer. But you won't hear that in the news, you will only hear that his mother was shocked by the lengthy outcome of the process and, on his behalf, she has filed a lawsuit citing that his civil rights were violated? What about the victim's rights? What about the family he left behind? Did the victim get tax payer sponsored: medical care, 3 square meals a day, cable TV, a weight room/gymnasium, clothing, haircuts, dental exams, climate controlled living quarters and the ability to visit with family members at least once per month?
Civil rights? Dead people don't have civil rights. Before the week is over, I predict that either Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton will pick up their standard (and microphone) and conduct a press conference on this issue.
(At a cost of $25K a year to incarcerate a convicted felon, the taxpayers of this nation invested $575,000 in this one criminal! Today's dollars put the annual cost at closer to $30K.)
Jeesh...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070703/ts_alt_afp/usexecutionsuit
Briefly, it is about the mother of a convicted felon who was put to death in Ohio. The lethal injection execution took 86 minutes to produce the required outcome. The mother has filed suit in court naming the execution team as defendants for "cruel and unusual punishment". She claims they took too long to execute him because of their unenviable task of finding a suitable vein with which to deliver the lethal agents. (He was a known drug user who had heavy scarring on both arms because of his daily habit before incarceration.)
Um, they did their job, right? The guy is dead. I'll concede it took a while longer than ordering a Big Mac at your local drive thru window, but the fact remains that he was sentenced to die by this method, the method was implemented, and the outcome as far as anyone can tell was a complete success. The way I see it, the guy got another 86 minutes of life beyond what he should have expected- and this- after living in a prison cell since 1984. It took 23 years, one hour and 28 minutes to finally exercise the court's ruling.
Interestingly enough, I had to Google his name for additional sources/articles to find out what he was convicted of in the first place. (The above article doesn't mention it. USA Today doesn't mention it, his hometown paper doesn't mention it, and at least two other sources didn't cite his crime.)
Anyone care to guess what he was convicted of? Murder!! He's a cold blooded killer. But you won't hear that in the news, you will only hear that his mother was shocked by the lengthy outcome of the process and, on his behalf, she has filed a lawsuit citing that his civil rights were violated? What about the victim's rights? What about the family he left behind? Did the victim get tax payer sponsored: medical care, 3 square meals a day, cable TV, a weight room/gymnasium, clothing, haircuts, dental exams, climate controlled living quarters and the ability to visit with family members at least once per month?
Civil rights? Dead people don't have civil rights. Before the week is over, I predict that either Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton will pick up their standard (and microphone) and conduct a press conference on this issue.
(At a cost of $25K a year to incarcerate a convicted felon, the taxpayers of this nation invested $575,000 in this one criminal! Today's dollars put the annual cost at closer to $30K.)
Jeesh...
posted by Troy M. Stirman | 12:30 PM
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