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Death by Firing Squad Law Passed

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jinglbellsfrocks Tue 24-Mar-15 09:49:34

I can't go along with the death penalty under any circumstances. I would rather see full life imprisonment for the really heinous crimes.

Firing squad is barbaric.

Lilygran Tue 24-Mar-15 09:45:59

Anyone out there who can explain this? I'm not a chemist or a pharmacist so maybe that's why I can't understand these stories. I think judicial execution is horrible but if a country is going to continue it and wants to use drugs, there must be hundreds that would put someone to sleep permanently and quickly.

Nonnie Tue 24-Mar-15 09:45:49

I think they use a 'squad' so each person will not know if it was their bullet.

Anya Tue 24-Mar-15 09:38:00

I'm sure, even if you lived the the USA hilda you would not stand accused to kidnapping, beaten, raping and strangling young children.

I'm in two minds about the death penalty, by whatever means. I abhor it on a moral level, but when I read about the degree of violence and sadism inflicted on their victims by some of these people, all high moral thoughts fly out the window.

hildajenniJ Tue 24-Mar-15 09:28:14

It's barbaric. I'm just glad I wasn't born in the USA.

Teetime Tue 24-Mar-15 09:24:37

Isn't it about time they abolished the Death Penalty instead bringing in this inhumane method? sad

ninathenana Tue 24-Mar-15 09:09:13

Horrifying!

Nonnie Tue 24-Mar-15 09:05:10

In Utah because they can't get enough of the drugs for lethal injections. This is because they are made in Europe and European governments ban their use and presumably their export.

What do you think about this?