SC bill reviving electric chair, firing squad clears Senate, heads to House

[Disir]

A bill that would require South Carolina death row inmates to choose between death by electrocution or firing squad if lethal injection drugs remain unavailable cleared the state Senate Wednesday and is headed to the House for consideration.

A bipartisan coalition of senators gave the bill its final, largely formal vote of support Wednesday, sending it to the lower chamber. Gov. Henry McMaster has said he will sign the legislation if it reaches his desk.

https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article249658543.html

I'm surprised that it received bipartisan support.

 

[pknopp]

We have people so eager to kill someone running the state and we wonder why this country is in the shape it is in.

 

[Canon Shooter]

This is good news. Personally, I think they should bring back the gas chamber, too.

The application of the death penalty should be the last, painful thing the condemned ever feels...

 

[surada]

A bill that would require South Carolina death row inmates to choose between death by electrocution or firing squad if lethal injection drugs remain unavailable cleared the state Senate Wednesday and is headed to the House for consideration.

A bipartisan coalition of senators gave the bill its final, largely formal vote of support Wednesday, sending it to the lower chamber. Gov. Henry McMaster has said he will sign the legislation if it reaches his desk.

https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article249658543.html

I'm surprised that it received bipartisan support.

Beheading would be more humane. Maybe its time to rethink capital punishment altogether or just postpone any executions until lethal injection is available.

 

[rightwinger]

Gotta give Conservatives their pint of blood.

Will they sell tickets to watch the firing squad?

 

[TheParser]

Like it or not, capital punishment is -- for all intents and purposes -- non-existent in this country and in most countries.

Most blue states refuse to carry out executions, so the law there is irrelevant.

In red states, executions are becoming rare (even in Texas!) as the demographics change, and voters demand that such "racist" punishment be abolished.

 

[pknopp]

Like it or not, capital punishment is -- for all intents and purposes -- non-existent in this country and in most countries.

Most blue states refuse to carry out executions, so the law there is irrelevant.

In red states, executions are becoming rare (even in Texas!) as the demographics change, and voters demand that such "racist" punishment be abolished.

There are still some people not concerned over those issues.

Trump ratchets up pace of executions before Biden inaugural

 

[TheParser]

Like it or not, capital punishment is -- for all intents and purposes -- non-existent in this country and in most countries.

Most blue states refuse to carry out executions, so the law there is irrelevant.

In red states, executions are becoming rare (even in Texas!) as the demographics change, and voters demand that such "racist" punishment be abolished.

There are still some people not concerned over those issues.

Trump ratchets up pace of executions before Biden inaugural

Yes, the Honorable Donald J. Trump is to be commended for having at least a half dozen very, very, very bad individuals executed.

Of course, thanks to those (reputed) 80,000,000 voters, capital punishment will no longer be used by the federal government, for some Dems have more sympathy for the perps than for the victims' families.

 

[Auld Phart]

A bill that would require South Carolina death row inmates to choose between death by electrocution or firing squad if lethal injection drugs remain unavailable cleared the state Senate Wednesday and is headed to the House for consideration.

A bipartisan coalition of senators gave the bill its final, largely formal vote of support Wednesday, sending it to the lower chamber. Gov. Henry McMaster has said he will sign the legislation if it reaches his desk.

https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article249658543.html

I'm surprised that it received bipartisan support.

Beheading would be more humane. Maybe its time to rethink capital punishment altogether or just postpone any executions until lethal injection is available.

Maybe its time to rethink capital punishment altogether or just postpone any executions until lethal injection is available.

and stop cancer treatments til it's less painful?.

Personally, I say no publicity.

escort the condemned to a special cell, strap him down, put a bullet in his brain.

Tell the press about it after the body has been disposed of.

He had his 15 minutes of fame in the courtroom.

He doesn't need more.

 

[surada]

A bill that would require South Carolina death row inmates to choose between death by electrocution or firing squad if lethal injection drugs remain unavailable cleared the state Senate Wednesday and is headed to the House for consideration.

A bipartisan coalition of senators gave the bill its final, largely formal vote of support Wednesday, sending it to the lower chamber. Gov. Henry McMaster has said he will sign the legislation if it reaches his desk.

https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article249658543.html

I'm surprised that it received bipartisan support.

Beheading would be more humane. Maybe its time to rethink capital punishment altogether or just postpone any executions until lethal injection is available.

Maybe its time to rethink capital punishment altogether or just postpone any executions until lethal injection is available.

and stop cancer treatments til it's less painful?.

Personally, I say no publicity.

escort the condemned to a special cell, strap him down, put a bullet in his brain.

Tell the press about it after the body has been disposed of.

He had his 15 minutes of fame in the courtroom.

He doesn't need more.

What does treating cancer have to do with capital punishment? Did you intend to make such a stupid equivalency?

 

[Gdjjr]

Capital Punishment is what an alleged, civilized, society grants authority for- personally, if proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, I prefer a reckoning, up close and personal. Sadly, there are convictions that have been proven, through DNA, to be incorrect in the reasonable doubt arena- that speaks to a problem in our system of political gain by prosecutors simply looking for a rung up the ladder in a career that feeds at the civilized society's public trough-

 

[surada]

Like it or not, capital punishment is -- for all intents and purposes -- non-existent in this country and in most countries.

Most blue states refuse to carry out executions, so the law there is irrelevant.

In red states, executions are becoming rare (even in Texas!) as the demographics change, and voters demand that such "racist" punishment be abolished.

There are still some people not concerned over those issues.

Trump ratchets up pace of executions before Biden inaugural

Yes, the Honorable Donald J. Trump is to be commended for having at least a half dozen very, very, very bad individuals executed.

Of course, thanks to those (reputed) 80,000,000 voters, capital punishment will no longer be used by the federal government, for some Dems have more sympathy for the perps than for the victims' families.

That's one difference between us and the Saudis. Their justice system is much more conscience of victims than the rights of the perpetrator. The US bends over backwards to uphold the rights of the accused.

 

[pknopp]

Like it or not, capital punishment is -- for all intents and purposes -- non-existent in this country and in most countries.

Most blue states refuse to carry out executions, so the law there is irrelevant.

In red states, executions are becoming rare (even in Texas!) as the demographics change, and voters demand that such "racist" punishment be abolished.

There are still some people not concerned over those issues.

Trump ratchets up pace of executions before Biden inaugural

Yes, the Honorable Donald J. Trump is to be commended for having at least a half dozen very, very, very bad individuals executed.

Of course, thanks to those (reputed) 80,000,000 voters, capital punishment will no longer be used by the federal government, for some Dems have more sympathy for the perps than for the victims' families.

That's one difference between us and the Saudis. Their justice system is much more conscience of victims than the rights of the perpetrator. The US bends over backwards to uphold the rights of the accused.

An argument that as a society we should be more like the Saudi's?

 

[surada]

Like it or not, capital punishment is -- for all intents and purposes -- non-existent in this country and in most countries.

Most blue states refuse to carry out executions, so the law there is irrelevant.

In red states, executions are becoming rare (even in Texas!) as the demographics change, and voters demand that such "racist" punishment be abolished.

There are still some people not concerned over those issues.

Trump ratchets up pace of executions before Biden inaugural

Yes, the Honorable Donald J. Trump is to be commended for having at least a half dozen very, very, very bad individuals executed.

Of course, thanks to those (reputed) 80,000,000 voters, capital punishment will no longer be used by the federal government, for some Dems have more sympathy for the perps than for the victims' families.

That's one difference between us and the Saudis. Their justice system is much more conscience of victims than the rights of the perpetrator. The US bends over backwards to uphold the rights of the accused.

An argument that as a society we should be more like the Saudi's?

Nope. Just pointing out the difference in the approach and mindset. In Islam the victim has MORE rights than the accused.

 

[pknopp]

Like it or not, capital punishment is -- for all intents and purposes -- non-existent in this country and in most countries.

Most blue states refuse to carry out executions, so the law there is irrelevant.

In red states, executions are becoming rare (even in Texas!) as the demographics change, and voters demand that such "racist" punishment be abolished.

There are still some people not concerned over those issues.

Trump ratchets up pace of executions before Biden inaugural

Yes, the Honorable Donald J. Trump is to be commended for having at least a half dozen very, very, very bad individuals executed.

Of course, thanks to those (reputed) 80,000,000 voters, capital punishment will no longer be used by the federal government, for some Dems have more sympathy for the perps than for the victims' families.

That's one difference between us and the Saudis. Their justice system is much more conscience of victims than the rights of the perpetrator. The US bends over backwards to uphold the rights of the accused.

An argument that as a society we should be more like the Saudi's?

Nope. Just pointing out the difference in the approach and mindset. In Islam the victim has MORE rights than the accused.

Everyone's rights should be protected.

 

[surada]

Like it or not, capital punishment is -- for all intents and purposes -- non-existent in this country and in most countries.

Most blue states refuse to carry out executions, so the law there is irrelevant.

In red states, executions are becoming rare (even in Texas!) as the demographics change, and voters demand that such "racist" punishment be abolished.

There are still some people not concerned over those issues.

Trump ratchets up pace of executions before Biden inaugural

Yes, the Honorable Donald J. Trump is to be commended for having at least a half dozen very, very, very bad individuals executed.

Of course, thanks to those (reputed) 80,000,000 voters, capital punishment will no longer be used by the federal government, for some Dems have more sympathy for the perps than for the victims' families.

That's one difference between us and the Saudis. Their justice system is much more conscience of victims than the rights of the perpetrator. The US bends over backwards to uphold the rights of the accused.

An argument that as a society we should be more like the Saudi's?

Nope. Just pointing out the difference in the approach and mindset. In Islam the victim has MORE rights than the accused.

Everyone's rights should be protected.

That's my thinking as well. Parcer appears to think differently.