To Execute or Not to Execute, that is the question

In murder trials, I think it's to the benefit of the defense to delay things as long as possible because, for one thing, witnesses die off or don't remember things as well, and the cry for vengeance is lessened with time, so the defense generally waives its right to a speedy trial.
 
Ken Anderson said:
In murder trials, I think it's to the benefit of the defense to delay things as long as possible because, for one thing, witnesses die off or don't remember things as well, and the cry for vengeance is lessened with time, so the defense generally waives its right to a speedy trial.
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That makes sense if you're a defense attorney. I never thought of it that way.
 
Here is a nurse I would consider getting my own justice for if she murdered my loved one: She was convicted of only 8 deaths but over 80 patients died while in her care - most died of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). She injected them with insulin; they were not diabetic. Their deaths were originally listed as heart attacks. After people became suspicious, the bodies were exhumed & they were able to determine that blood sugar at the time of death was 17-30. (anything under 40 can be fatal)
Insulin has been used as a murder weapon so often, both by medical personnel and non-medical people, it was put on prescription.
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I am sick to death of all the time the media is spending on this person. I put the tv on mute because, like all the political ads, I’m not listening to this garbage.

It should be the family of the woman she murdered getting the attention and certainly all of the sympathy.

Perhaps this is her come uppance after all, since she never once showed any regret for what she had done……..
 
Liz Adams said:
Interesting David.
Quite local to where I lived was a famous hangman , Albert Pierrepoint.
He was quite "humane " in as much as he made sure the executions went smoothly and it was as quick as possible for the offender.
Incidentally he was the one that hung Ruth Ellis.
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You reminded that many years ago I heard Albert Pierrepoint's assistant on the radio. He described what happened. Pierrepoint entered the cell, shook the man's hand, then twisted him around and they would put a tunic in him. The execution room was next door. They would run the man in, put a cloth hood over his head and fit the noose. Pierrepoint then pulled the lever. The prison Governor was there holding his watch and congratulated Pierrepoint for only taking 10 seconds.

I was in a bookshop looking at old books. I saw Pierrepoint's memoirs and read some of it. There were pages of photos which included his equipment. I put the book back and went for a long walk.
 
David Mitchell said:
You reminded that many years ago I heard Albert Pierrepoint's assistant on the radio. He described what happened. Pierrepoint entered the cell, shook the man's hand, then twisted him around and they would put a tunic in him. The execution room was next door. They would run the man in, put a cloth hood over his head and fit the noose. Pierrepoint then pulled the lever. The prison Governor was there holding his watch and congratulated Pierrepoint for only taking 10 seconds.

I was in a bookshop looking at old books. I saw Pierrepoint's memoirs and read some of it. There were pages of photos which included his equipment. I put the book back and went for a long walk.
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Hi David . Yes , he's was meticulous.
He went to great pains to make sure the executions went well. He would measure the convicts , the rope and the drop etc etc.
Just as an aside we met the man who now lives in Pierrepoint's house. We bought an antique corner chair from him.
 

Hegseth: Fort Hood Terrorist’s Execution Will Be Public​


Not only is Secretary of War Pete Hegseth planning to have terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan executed at the very base where he committed mass murder, but the public will be able to watch the execution.

Hegseth told Human Events’ Jack Posobiec that deciding the circumstances of the execution was a “no brainer. Execution by firing squad. An Army major betrays his country, [he’s a] radical Islamist, kills a bunch of Americans at Fort Hood. Of course, we're gonna do [the execution] at Fort Hood. Gonna do it on a Thursday, we’re gonna do it at 1:00, which is when he did it, and it's gonna be soldiers with rifles executing the firing squad.”

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Hegseth: Fort Hood Terrorist’s Execution Will Be Public

Not only is Secretary of War Pete Hegseth planning to have terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan executed at t
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The only reason I could ever see showing a live execution to the public is if it would be a deterrent for future violent criminals. Personally, I don't think televising it would be a deterrent. People have seen so many violent crimes on tv, in the movies, and in the news that they become desensitized to it. I really don't see anything good coming out of televising it except for making the streaming services money or whoever is showing it to the public.
 
Sometimes examples must be set.

Off your 3 kids, get shaved stripped branded shackled and caged on public exhibition. Make the threat of extreme shame as harsh as feasible.
 
They used to hang people in the town center and leave the bodies hanging for a time, supposedly as a deterrent, but I'd rather that the United States not revisit those days. I believe there is something to be said for civilization.
 
Ken Anderson said:
They used to hang people in the town center and leave the bodies hanging for a time, supposedly as a deterrent, but I'd rather that the United States not revisit those days. I believe there is something to be said for civilization.
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I wouldn't really care if executions were public or not - as long as they did them.
I just remembered the movie "Hang 'em High" where they were public & sorta funny.
 
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