I don't revel in sadism, but I am firmly in support of this execution. I don't take enjoyment in him possibly being in discomfort from the drugs. Just don't care much. Call it apathy about his self-induced plight.Read the Constitution
Referring to the 8th?
"The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights (ratified December 15, 1791) prohibiting the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishment."
Yep, that would be it.
Appalling that these death-penalty freak wags above sit and revel in sadism. Even if one advocates the death penalty the idea is to rid society of the criminal, not to exact "revenge". That these freaks froth at the mouth over the sadism aspect just demonstrates the moral paucity of their position.
The simple fact is, those against death penalty are just using the possible pain aspect of the drugs as a means to prevent executions as a whole. If every state would do away with this drug concoction and use something that was completely painless, they would still try to twist that into 'cruel and unusual'.
Once again the conflation.
You can be in support of the death penalty all you like. That isn't the issue here at all. You can kind of tell that from the moment you read the title, which is then reinforced in the OP link. It's about the method.
We can all debate the merits/demerits of the death penalty itself elsewhere but it ain't the point here. Our starting point here is that in Tennessee it's a given.