JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are advancing a proposal to add firing squad, electrocution and gas chamber as execution methods in case a court blocks the use of lethal injection drugs.
House Bill 638 is a response to lawsuits filed by “liberal, left-wing radicals,” said House Judiciary B Committee Chairman Andy Gipson, a Republican.
The bill passed the House amid opposition Wednesday, and it moves to the Senate for more debate.
Lethal injection is Mississippi’s only execution method. The state faces lawsuits claiming the drugs it plans to use would violate constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment.
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10 comments:
Real simple,just use confiscated heron.
Most criminals are due cruel and unusual punishment as they have already dished out the same to some other human being.
I think that is an excellent idea!! I would even volunteer to be on the firing squad!
Cruel and Unusual Punishment. I say we put to death murderers in the same manner that they killed their victims. If we do that it shouldn't be considered C&UP.
Should be televised and a lottery drawn to who pulls the trigger just like jury duty.
Bring it to salisbury.
They do it in Utah. Gary Gilmore opted for the firing squad and was granted his wish. Why not? I forgot, it's only permissible to kill unborn babies, not violent criminals that have killed in a heinous manner, my bad.
You people in favorable of this are sick
Hanging, the electric chair, and the the firing squad are all still authorized methods of execution allowed by the constitution. For all those opposed to the "humane" execution of death row inmates by lethal injection, this is what you are going to get for its replacement....back to the old. Lethal injection was a response to the liberal demands for less gruesome (to witness, which is a requirement) forms of execution, and then the anti-death penalty folks even attacked putting these violent dangerous criminals to death by putting them to sleep. For entertainment purposes, if executions were allowed to be viewed by the public, the guillotine is my favorite.
Sick and tired of liberals like you 8:21 AM.
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