Arkansas to execute 8 in the course of 10 days

[Landon]

The state of Arkansas in the United States plans to execute 8 people in pairs throughout the course of 10 days. All of this brings up the concept of execution. Opponents of executions were very quick to criticize the executions, saying that they are grotesque and inhumane.

Have a look at a snippet of the article.

"The Arkansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (ACADP) is outraged by ... plans to carry out eight executions within the span of ten days in April," the organization said. "This planned mass execution is grotesque and unprecedented."
Attorneys for the eight men are attempting to block the executions.
Inmates sentenced to death
Arkansas plans to execute eight inmates over 10 days in April.

They argue that Midazolam -- the drug used to render inmates unconscious before they are given two more drugs that paralyze and kill them -- does not effectively keep those being executed from experiencing a painful death.
The second drug, pancuronium bromide, paralyzes the inmate. The third, potassium chloride, brings on cardiac arrest and stops the heart.
"Unless the prisoner is unconscious, then drugs two and three will cause pain -- torturous punishment, in violation of the Eighth Amendment, and state guarantees against cruel and unusual punishment," said Jeffrey Rosenzweig, an attorney for three of the inmates.
He pointed to what he said were "botched executions" in several states that also involved Midazolam.
Rosenzweig said the attorneys also have asked for clarification about whether a previously granted stay of execution is still in effect in Arkansas.

[-:Undertaker:-]

This is why I support vigiliante justice much more now even though it doesn't sit well with me. With the filthy lawyers and liberals blocking the execution of vermin at every turn and caring more about the murderers than the family of the victim, sometimes it's just easier to hope that the murderer in question gets his head smashed to pieces in prison by fellow inmates - as it what often happens (see famous case of murdering cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer).

[lawrawrrr]

They haven't executed anyone in a long time before this right - all they're doing is exercising the law so I don't really understand the massive outrage that they're actually gonna do it

I do find this topic kinda weird to discuss though - it would be best if those deaths could be painless but they're gonna die pretty quickly.. it's just so touchy!!

end of the day there's always gonna be people who oppose the fundamental existence of the death penalty and people who support it - without giving away what side of the fence I sit on - it's the law in Arkansas so...

[Landon]

I do find this topic kinda weird to discuss though - it would be best if those deaths could be painless but they're gonna die pretty quickly.. it's just so touchy!!

The ones - that are successful - are. Lethal injection renders the person immediately unconscious that stops the breathing and the heart.

The problem is trying to get them to work successfully, and we're in that direction now. Previously I believe that the company that was selling the drugs to the government had stopped due to conflicts and all of that so the government went to another place and that's when they started failing.

[AgnesIO]

The ones - that are successful - are. Lethal injection renders the person immediately unconscious that stops the breathing and the heart.

The problem is trying to get them to work successfully, and we're in that direction now. Previously I believe that the company that was selling the drugs to the government had stopped due to conflicts and all of that so the government went to another place and that's when they started failing.

I'm not going to give a for or against execution, but it hardly gives much hope when it says they are painless... assuming they work.

[Landon]

I'm not going to give a for or against execution, but it hardly gives much hope when it says they are painless... assuming they work.

I'm having trouble understanding what you mean. Are you saying they might go through pain?

[scottish]

I'm having trouble understanding what you mean. Are you saying they might go through pain?

No, you did in the post he quoted.

[Landon]

Arkansas preparing for first back-to-back execution since 2000 that will take place early this morning (UK).

Two condemned killers in Arkansas are set to die Monday in the first double execution in the United States since 2000 -- unless they get last-minute reprieves.

Executions for Jack Jones and Marcel Williams, convicted of rape and murder, are set for Monday evening; they would be the second and third in Arkansas this month. The state set an aggressive plan to execute several inmates before one of its lethal injection drugs expires at the end of April.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/24...ince-2000.html