They would not let you serve as a juror in such an instance, so I doubt they would let you become a justice. (Not saying that as a statement of any sort of opinion; merely just saying this as a fact. The policy is called 'death qualification' - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_selection#Death_qualification .)
Not only is this rife with cruelty, there is nothing "usual" about this method. Yet, as we have continually been shown, conservatives are fully embracing and exhibiting their favorite values: cruelty and hypocrisy.
I continue to be horrified to observe these "powers" help deevolutionize what was, not that long ago, the greatest country on Earth. Where is the much-acclaimed respect for life? Not in Alabama tonight. Not when a woman carrying a baby incompatible with life is denied a D & C, unless she's near death herself. There's no respect for life when school children are hungry. When officers of the law shoot Black's & other minorities for no valid reason. This headline makes me feel sick.
Someone hires someone for $3000 to murder his wife. That person hires two more people for $2000. Those two murders her in 1988. The husband who set it up commits suicide.
The original person hired died in prison. One person (according to the prosecution website the jury returned a LWOP sentence that was overturned by the judge) was executed by lethal injection in 2010.
The other one -- eventually -- was executed by nitrogen gas in 2024.
So, the pious and observant Catholics on the court are in favor of cruel and unusual punishment.
Should have said….the PRO LIFE, pious and observant Catholic’s on the Supreme Court are in favor of a cruel and unusual, state sponsored killing.
I was wondering if I would be allowed to become a justice because I could never consent to capital punishment, even if it was legal.
They would not let you serve as a juror in such an instance, so I doubt they would let you become a justice. (Not saying that as a statement of any sort of opinion; merely just saying this as a fact. The policy is called 'death qualification' - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_selection#Death_qualification .)
Not only is this rife with cruelty, there is nothing "usual" about this method. Yet, as we have continually been shown, conservatives are fully embracing and exhibiting their favorite values: cruelty and hypocrisy.
Alabama should just save some money and use a plastic bag - same effect, same cruelty.
These 6 justices should all be
in the execution room to see
exactly what their ruling will
do to a human being.
I always appreciate those who are both "pro life" and pro death penalty demonstrating that it's not actually about life at all.
You mean the six “Pro-Life” justices allowed an untested execution to move forward? How is that possible?
Of course. The party of cruel and inhumane practices. Vote BLUE!
I continue to be horrified to observe these "powers" help deevolutionize what was, not that long ago, the greatest country on Earth. Where is the much-acclaimed respect for life? Not in Alabama tonight. Not when a woman carrying a baby incompatible with life is denied a D & C, unless she's near death herself. There's no respect for life when school children are hungry. When officers of the law shoot Black's & other minorities for no valid reason. This headline makes me feel sick.
hm, never been done before. I guess that's what "usual" means under the constitution.
Glossip sets the bar for Eighth Amendment challenges somewhere between Moria and Hell.
Fucking monsters. Every last one of them.
Good Catholics?
The first reports of the execution are not pretty.
Desperately sickening and the precursor for what drumpf in office will look like for non-drumpf people.
With this gas mask decision it will not take long for the drumpf fascists to introduce death camps for the opposition with SCOTUS leading the way.
No words to describe the contempt I feel for the conservative SCOTUS members. May they rot in hell.
So, the overall results are ...
Someone hires someone for $3000 to murder his wife. That person hires two more people for $2000. Those two murders her in 1988. The husband who set it up commits suicide.
The original person hired died in prison. One person (according to the prosecution website the jury returned a LWOP sentence that was overturned by the judge) was executed by lethal injection in 2010.
The other one -- eventually -- was executed by nitrogen gas in 2024.
That's not how Wikipedia tells the story. Where did you get your info?
NYT summary which includes a link to John Forrest Parker, which provides additional details.
i had wrong case in mind. You are no doubt right.
I believe even Alabama did away with the judicial override but not retroactively.