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America kills its 1,500th citizen

Gael23 · 2019-06-21 08:42:19

Late last night the United States ended the life of its 1500th citizen since the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976. No sign of the intentional killing stopping https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/20/18692915/marion-wilson-death-penalty-georgia-1500-execution-us-1976

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#152 09-07-2019 9:21am

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Gael23 wrote: »

Getting an injection of poison to kill you doesn’t cause that much suffering to the condemned. To the most twisted criminals it’s like getting a flu injection and it’s all over. If they had to suffer in front of a firing squad or inside the gas chamber it might act as more of a deterrent

Would have thought that death by firing squad would be very quick. There is plenty of evidence to show that death by lethal injection can be incredibly painful.

whisky_galore wrote: »

Interesting that the most vocal death penalty people in the US are also Pro Life.

Why is that interesting? They would argue that an unborn child has committed no crime which warrants death.

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