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Originally Posted by elchivito
The problem of a bullet in the head is the same problem with hanging and the guillotine and the electric chair. ONE person has to do the shooting, or else you put a dozen shooters up. One person pulls the lever that drops the blade, one person throws the switch. Nobody wants to be the sanctioned killer, so we have all these absurd workarounds. Three people administer three different vials of poison, none of which will kill by itself. Absolution. "I didn't kill him".
We don't have the courage of our convictions in this deal. There is no justification that state sanctioned murder controls crime OR is less expensive than keeping a lifer in lockup. All we have, and that is well witnessed here, is vengeance, retribution. Torches and pitchforks. Kill the beast!!
And the hypocrisy of the "all life is sacred" right is on full display.
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While I can understand a lot of people not wanting to be the one sanctioned killer, other countries don't seem to have any trouble finding plenty. I'd do the job under the right conditions: 1. I get to review the evidence and verify to my satisfaction that the perp is guilty and the sentence is appropriate. 2. Adequate compensation. It's a long ride out to Lovelock where the state of Nevada does its executions. They'd need to pay enough to make it worth my while to go all the way out there and maybe have to take a day off from my regular job.
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