Death Row inmate says he is too fat to be executed

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

We still have hanging here in my state (last one was in 1993). But a prisoner won a hearing years ago to have his death sentence by hanging changed to lethal injection because at more than 400 lbs. medical advisors said he would be decapitated.

Isn't that what happened to Saddam's brother?

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Isn't that what happened to Saddam's brother?

His half-brother's head reportedly snapped off during the execution; here's a CNN report on it: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/...ons/index.html

I'm anti-capital punishment (yes, anti-death penalty Republicans do exist), so this story doesn't bother me quite as much. Although, I think eating yourself out of an execution is an interesting strategy.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

His half-brother's head reportedly snapped off during the execution; here's a CNN report on it: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/...ons/index.html

I'm anti-capital punishment (yes, anti-death penalty Republicans do exist), so this story doesn't bother me quite as much. Although, I think eating yourself out of an execution is an interesting strategy.

The older I get, the more I don't like the death penalty either. Some see it as eye-for-an-eye, but I just think the "right" side should try to do better than that. Either way, I think it's barbaric when people celebrate an execution. Executions are never ideal.

[nittanyalum]

A sledgehammer to the noggin would make him unconscious before the injections...

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

A sledgehammer to the noggin would make him unconscious before the injections...

I motion to bring back the guillotine.

[socialite]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

I motion to bring back the guillotine.

Cosign

[nittanyalum]

My brother often said, "How much does a bullet cost?"

[SWTXBelle]

Maybe they could simply drug his Twinkies and Ho-Hos?

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Maybe they could simply drug his Twinkies and Ho-Hos?

L. O. L.

[Kevlar281]

Time to dust off Old Sparky.

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

My brother often said, "How much does a bullet cost?"

In China they charge your family $.04 if you're executed. In America it costs millions to execute somebody.
Where do they spend the savings? Fireworks.

[DeltAlum]

Forcing someone to diet and lose weight would probably be considered "cruel and unusual punishment."

[AKA_Monet]

He probably have visible veins, someone can probably shank him in the jugular and have him exsanguinated...

At any rate, it has to be done humanely. He was already judged by his peers for the death penalty. Just because he was a monster to his victims, as a civilized society we cannot stoop to his level and impose the death penalty like worse than animals.

There will be justice.

[socialite]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

He probably have visible veins, someone can probably shank him in the jugular and have him exsanguinated...

At any rate, it has to be done humanely. He was already judged by his peers for the death penalty. Just because he was a monster to his victims, as a civilized society we cannot stoop to his level and impose the death penalty like worse than animals.

There will be justice.

I would totally agree with that, whatever doesn't happen in a civilized setting as it should -death penalty- then will happen in a barbaric social hierarchy [state penatentary] -raped, stabbed, beat to hell...-

Though I can't possibly imagine what the tab on his last meal will be...

[socialite]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

In China they charge your family $.04 if you're executed. In America it costs millions to execute somebody.
Where do they spend the savings? Fireworks.

No I'm sure they spent it on that fantastic intro to the olympics...