Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 24 days agoWhy is Christa Pike from TN being kept alive after two failed execution attempts?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down11
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareWhy is Christa Pike from TN being kept alive after two failed execution attempts?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 24 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squarekettuli@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·24 days agoThe execution is supposed to be the ultimate form of punishment, it’s meant to suck.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·24 days agoNo. It’s not. The punishment is ending the life. What you are describing is legally cruel and unusual.
minus-squarekettuli@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·24 days agoExecution is cruel and unusual so checks out.
minus-squareArtisian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-224 days ago(Were this the case in the minds of these law&order judges, all would be struck down by 8th amendment. They are not, so at least one class of informed folk generally disagree.)
The execution is supposed to be the ultimate form of punishment, it’s meant to suck.
No. It’s not. The punishment is ending the life. What you are describing is legally cruel and unusual.
Execution is cruel and unusual so checks out.
(Were this the case in the minds of these law&order judges, all would be struck down by 8th amendment. They are not, so at least one class of informed folk generally disagree.)