Creech is a serial killer. He then killed someone in prison, which sounds like it was in self-defense from the summary I saw, which is why he was ultimately sentenced to die. This was c. 1980.
The various problems (why, for instance, did the parole board deadlock 3-3? why did the seventh person not take part?) aside, the bottom line for me is that there is little public purpose in executing some guy in his 70s after 40+ years.
The problems with executing even that guy underlines the death penalty is just problematic.
These 2 cases certainly seem compelling for a stay. Since 1973, nearly 200 people on death row have been exonerated and released. One naturally has to wonder then how many potentially innocent people we have already put to death.
The SPH version of Human Sacrifice is probably the best example of intellectual disability - it has no efficacy unless they Love the life they sacrifice
As a nonlawyer focused on the lethal injection side, this saved me a lot of time trying to hunt down concise summaries of both legal complaints. Thanks!
Creech is a serial killer. He then killed someone in prison, which sounds like it was in self-defense from the summary I saw, which is why he was ultimately sentenced to die. This was c. 1980.
The various problems (why, for instance, did the parole board deadlock 3-3? why did the seventh person not take part?) aside, the bottom line for me is that there is little public purpose in executing some guy in his 70s after 40+ years.
The problems with executing even that guy underlines the death penalty is just problematic.
Jordan Smith reports (on Twitter):
- Medical teams failed multiple times to establish an IV line in Creech
- It was a 45 minute ordeal
- Creech is now back in his cell
- His death warrant is now expired
Great use of state power. [No] Thanks again, btw, for the "no comment" on his appeals, SCOTUS.
These 2 cases certainly seem compelling for a stay. Since 1973, nearly 200 people on death row have been exonerated and released. One naturally has to wonder then how many potentially innocent people we have already put to death.
The SPH version of Human Sacrifice is probably the best example of intellectual disability - it has no efficacy unless they Love the life they sacrifice
As a nonlawyer focused on the lethal injection side, this saved me a lot of time trying to hunt down concise summaries of both legal complaints. Thanks!