Is this fucked up or not???
 

US clears drug cure for killers on death row

Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles
Wednesday October 8, 2003
The Guardian

Convicted murderers with severe mental health problems can be forced to take drugs that would make them clinically sane so that they can be executed, the US supreme court has ruled.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/...058329,00.html

Fuck them.

Execute them either way...

agree..

I think that's putting the carriage before the horse.

He was sane when he did it, he was sane when he was convicted and he will be sane when he gets justice. We ask only for his life in exchange for the one he took when he was SANE. No more no less. Its fair ...... not pretty but its fair. :1orglaugh

maybe they should force them to take the drugs anyways then try to find out if the murder would have been commited if the con was "sane":2 cents:

I'd rather not waste the money. Other than that, I really don't care. Those who murder should suffer. The death penalty is an easy way out anyway.

A little Texas justine:ak47:

Seems like it is more like:

" he was INSANE when he did it ..."

Seems like ' making him sane " for the execution is just for good-show... Just pretend he is sane at that point...

Second the motion.

The example in the article involved someone that was deemed sane at the time of the murder yet became insane while in prison. In that case he should still face death if thats what his sentance was.

Yeha I think that's fair as hell

Right.

As a " liberal pussy... lol " , I am against the death penalty. But if it is law in that State, and he commited the crime and was convicted while sane, I don't even see why the State would need him to be sane to execute him.

:2 cents:

agree!

can this big wigs think of ANY more fucking ideas to waste our tax dollars?!

If convicted, what would you choose ( what a perspective...):

In some states the prisoner is given a choice, which can include a firing squad (in Utah), a gas chamber or hanging.

Oh for fuck's sake, once convicted, just take 'em out and shoot 'em. I guarantee that the crime rate would drop really fucking quick, especially if you did it on live television in front of the courthouse.

Do it and get it done with already.

A bit like the Romans ( tough they didn't have TV) ...

Exactly - they were not sane when they committed the crime.


It almost sounds like going to a "psychojail" because you cant stand trial, getting better, then being convicted for the crime after the fact.

convict them while they're insane ??
kill them when they can understand ???
WTF?

I am on the fence when it comes to this. I don't feel like digging up any supporting stats right now but from what I understand they have been discovering a lot of innocent people on death row.

Of course this is utilizing modern day forensics on these cold cases. But still. Can you imagine being put to death as an innocent person?

I think they should be allowed appeals but only a certain amount. The system is flooded as it is but before we "take em out back and shoot em" we better be 100% sure they did the crime.

With the burst of DNA and Forensic technology and improvements since the 90s, this is being found mroe often and goes way under reported.

Perhaps giving them the drug before they kill someone might help.

i think death row is a bunch of bullshit, if they sentence you to death, they should take you from the court house to the chair and get it over right then and there

ditto

Let me kill them.

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Why do you have to be clinically sane to die when you don't have to be clinically sane to live?

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What he said! :thumbsup

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Waste of tax money; you are correct sir.