Comments on: Nebraska: Electric Chair Is "Torture"

Judges Declare State's Only Death Penalty Procedure Is Unconstitutional

[erasmus6]

"Maybe it''''s torture because there is no HDTV in the room with cable." posted by rushlimpdrug

I think you could be right.

[erasmus6]

Posted by l8c6 at 03:32 PM : Feb 10, 2008

"Now, this one show promise." posted by klingon69

I think we can agree on this one.

[klingon69]

Gas them, store them like cattle in uninsulated sheds till they can be rounded up and machine gunned, dropped in a pit and buried or work them to death building equipment and ammunition for Blackwater. Have them assemble shells with depleted uranium tips. Hang and burn them in ovens. Have them catalogue and document all the spoils from Iraq till they are useless, then waste them and round up the next group to continue the task. Peel their tattoos from their hide and make lamp shades out of it. Nail their genitals to walls of their cell. Bust their jaws and hang them from the gang showers. Hang them to a pole in the prison court yard with their arms behind their back and beat their faces till their jaws drop, Hiel Hitler! Hiel right wing.
Posted by l8c6 at 03:32 PM : Feb 10, 2008
Now, this one show promise.

[tweedle02]

Oh my!! What heated Arguements from people concerning the death penalty!!! My main gripe with our judicial system has been the appeal process. The death row inmates have way too many appeals to go through before they are actually executed. I say Limit the appeals to two. If they are still found guilty of the crime committed, execute them. Do not let this drag on for years and years, and drain society of needed moneys. Death row needs to be cleaned out, but not before all avenues have been exhausted.

[juwboy]

marymcq said:

"The bible says ''An Eye for an Eye''"

How was "an eye for an eye" interpreted 2000 years ago under Jewish law?

Amazingly, accounts of about half a dozen cases have been handed down to us in the collection of Jewish folklore etc. known as the Talmud.

In every case, the law was not applied literally, but metaphorically. Compensation was paid to the victim in the form of goods and/or money.

In other words, "an eye for an eye" never gave someone the right for revenge in kind, it was interpreted as follows:

"If you injure me, not necessarily physically, then I am entitled to just compensation from you", which is the same as the law is applied in the US today.

In some states, you are not only entitled to actual damages, but also triple the amount in punitive damages, too i.e. FOUR eyes for an eye.

[juwboy]

jcadeckard said:

"I believe if you know you truly have the right individual then use the electric chair ..."

There''s a problem with this line of reasoning. You can never know you truly have the right individual. How many people on death row have been exonerated by scientific advances in DNA analysis in recent years, evidence that was not available at the time they were convicted? In all of those cases, the juries truly believed they''d convicted the right individuals.

Also, you cannot say you are more certain of the guilt of one condemned person over another because all of have been found guilty, rightly or wrongly, "beyond all reasonable doubt" and have to be treated equally under the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution.

As I said previously, I have no problem with the concept of capital punishment, but only if the judicial system is perfect.

It isn''t.

[marymcq]

They say statistics show that the death penalty doesn''t deter horrific crimes, why? Because the government makes sure they use kid gloves with these animals, and that''s what they are, animals, this piece of ***, took an innocent 3 year old little boy, distroyed him, cut him to pieces then let his dog eat him. Supposedly we don''t want to make these animals suffer because if we do it makes us no better then they are, but that''s not so, we are not torturing a little innocent 3 year old, we are torturing a rabid animal, so I say So F--king what? I would gladly pull the switch on this scum bag but I''d probably have to wait in line behind the little boy''s mother and the rest of his family. Hasn''t that woman suffered enough? They should be more concerned with how this is going to effect her, not this creep who has no regard for life at all. The bible says "An Eye for an Eye"

[jcadeckard]

I believe if you know you truly have the right individual then use the electric chair who cares if they suffer they didn''t think of the suffering of their victims. Why should we care about treating prisoners special some of them do alot better in prison than people out of prison. They''re allowed to get an education while in prison and those who want an education that aren''t in prison can''t get any help from the government. How is that fair. I believe prisoners shouldn''t get any extras while in prison. Their in there because they commited a crime. It''s no wonder while we have so many prisoners. Some people once out of prison don''t know how to act so they do something to get put back in prison. We need to make prison life miserable enought that once they are released they would never want to go back.

[juwboy]

I have no problem, in principle, with the death penalty.

However, since the judicial system is imperfect, the death penalty offers no means of redress if an innocent person is found guilty, executed, and then exonerating evidence is subsequently found.

Life imprisonment allows for the possibility of correcting an erroneous guilty verdict in a capital case and the appropriate payment of compensation for time unnecessarily served.

You cannot revive a dead person if the original verdict is wrong.

[konabike]

Gas them all. All murdeous should drop dead and save our tax $$