Posted on Sep 20, 2017
Georgia death row inmate requests extravagant last meal
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Georgia death row inmate requests extravagant last meal
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That "meal" would cost the state a lot less than the cost of having him on death row!
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Considering it's the last meal he'll ever eat he made some decent choices. Wouldn't want to waste it on a salad or bowl of cheetohs - unless that's what you really want. Amazes me that it's taken 26 years to put him down. That should tell us we have problems with the system. With all the DNA verification now, it shouldn't take more than a year or two to confirm the sentence. If I were on Death Row and actually innocent, I'd want every opportunity to prove it. Dragging it out for 15-25 years is not reasonable though. They could fast track both the evidence and paperwork and cut this down. If a guy wants to get it over with they should allow him to sign a consent and get on with it as well. Sometimes it's out of their hands and even though they want it done, the state drags it out.
I never understood the need for alcohol swab before the needle either. Are they worried about infection, or him suing for it? That's kind of a dead issue IMO.
I never understood the need for alcohol swab before the needle either. Are they worried about infection, or him suing for it? That's kind of a dead issue IMO.
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SGT Jim Arnold - Something like that. I guess the standard should be what you would want done for yourself. If you're guilty own up to it. Sign a form and get it done. If innocent, a reasonable effort to verify evidence, make sure it hasn't been tampered with, and let an appeal decide. I have no doubt innocent people have been put to death, but guilty folks just stretching it out because they can needs to be fixed. Same for state dragging it out when the perp wants to get on with it.
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CPO Robert (Mac) McGovern
CWO3 William McIntosh,
I wrote this in response to the article at the following site written by Cassandra Stubbs, Director, ACLU Capital Punishment Project September 20, 2017.
The ACLU has a habit of not getting involved until the last minute in these cases. Where were you fighting for this guy in 1991? In 1998 the statement of the so-called tainted juror came to light. 19 years later he is to die for his crime and you raise issue. How phony can the ACLU be or does the word hypocrite better apply? You failed this man. The system will work. He had 26 more years of life than his victim. The fault in the system is not the death penalty, it is how long it takes to carry out the execution.
Often it is not the state, it is the lawyers who hold up executions often using prejudice, racism, and other factors to overlook the horror the victim must have felt at the hands of these murderers.
https://www.aclu.org/blog/capital-punishment/racial-disparities-and-death-penalty/keith-tharpes-scheduled-execution-tests
I wrote this in response to the article at the following site written by Cassandra Stubbs, Director, ACLU Capital Punishment Project September 20, 2017.
The ACLU has a habit of not getting involved until the last minute in these cases. Where were you fighting for this guy in 1991? In 1998 the statement of the so-called tainted juror came to light. 19 years later he is to die for his crime and you raise issue. How phony can the ACLU be or does the word hypocrite better apply? You failed this man. The system will work. He had 26 more years of life than his victim. The fault in the system is not the death penalty, it is how long it takes to carry out the execution.
Often it is not the state, it is the lawyers who hold up executions often using prejudice, racism, and other factors to overlook the horror the victim must have felt at the hands of these murderers.
https://www.aclu.org/blog/capital-punishment/racial-disparities-and-death-penalty/keith-tharpes-scheduled-execution-tests
Keith Tharpe’s Scheduled Execution Tests Our Nation's Tolerance for the Death Penalty's Racial...
This piece originally appeared at In Justice Today.
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