It appears that she has been put through a comparable period of discomfort to what she and her accomplice put their victim through 30 years ago. Funny how that works sometimes.
Link: https://www.npr.org/2026/10/01/nx-s1-5986822/tennessee-governor-halts-executions
...your thoughts?...
Q: Why do many states not have a death penalty?
AI Overview
Many U.S. states do not have the death penalty because their legislatures or state courts have abolished or ruled against capital punishment due to concerns over high costs, racial bias, wrongful convictions, and evolving constitutional standards.
[State Court Report]
Currently, 23 states and Washington, D.C., have abolished the death penalty, while 27 states legally retain it (though several have executive or gubernatorial moratoria in place).
[Death Penalty Information Center]
Key Reasons for Abolition and Decline
Risk of Executing the Innocent: High-profile exonerations and DNA evidence have revealed systemic flaws, leading many to fear executing an innocent person.
[Death Penalty Information Center]
Financial and Trial Costs: Capital trials and the endless appeals process require millions of taxpayer dollars per case, often far exceeding the cost of keeping someone in prison for life without parole.
[The Marshall Project]
Racial and Systemic Bias: Statistical disparities showing that the death penalty is often disproportionately applied based on the race of the defendant or the victim have led courts and lawmakers to deem the practice arbitrary or discriminatory.
[360info.org]
Constitutional and Legal Challenges: Some state supreme courts (such as in Connecticut and Washington) have ruled that capital punishment violates state constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment.
[State Court Report]
Logistical and Execution Issues: Ongoing difficulties in acquiring lethal injection drugs, alongside legal and ethical scrutiny over alternative execution methods, have created practical hurdles for states carrying out sentences.
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Ironically, keeping killers alive might be far crueler.
btw, not to hijack the thread, but did my "AI Summary" of reasons for some states not having Death Penalties help convey my thoughts/opinion on this topic?...just trying to find the 'right path' forward...
I think spending 50 years behind bars is worse than 10-20, and the cost of death row inmates is higher than those sentenced to life.
250, or so, proven innocent death row inmates being released through the efforts of the "Innocence Project".
the gas chamber turned out to be as painful or more painful than what was regarded as more barbaric methods. I would certainly choose a firing squad over lethal injection. I read of a time when the marksmen all missed the target, but there were serious questions as to whether the marksmen deliberately missed and instead hit outside of the target area on the condemned man's body.
But, I assume the Democrats will be hanging me from a crane on a street corner when the time comes.
Last one was in May. It seems to me that they might want to consider hiring Canada to do these executions since they have become proficient at putting people to death. If that isn't in the cards, maybe a firing squad just might be the most humane and reliable thing to do after all. One thing is for sure, the state needs to take a long hard look at the medical staff and their procedure.
