Surely "Execution Survivor" Is An Oxymoron

[Canary42]

But what a horrendous experience, even for a convicted criminal.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/only-living-execution-survivor-described-015933896.html

[ToraToraTora]

I just don't understand why the yanks use these crazy methods. They seem to ignore the obvious and concoct this sort of thing.

[wolf63]

If I was sentenced to death I would opt to get it over with asap.

He has chosen this method because he is a wuss and is scared of needles. He is dragging it out.

They should zap him instead.

[mallyh]

can't imagine the horror his 3 victims suffered ,so no sympathy for him .

[Peter Pedant]

babies are clear what the back-story is?
cruel and unusual punishment.

Injections - some doctors volunteered to give the injections, but were identified and struck off my their licensing bodies who did not share their idea of freedom. They covered their badges with tapes ( apparently obleeged to wear one when killing) and they were still identified

England stopped producing thio because it was used. English Hospital spare supplies were exhausted. SO they sought other drugs which in over dose killed someone but ya know we go for safe drugs.

The supply of willing doctors was exhausted and so paramedics were tapped for the freedom loving willingness to put up drips but werent very good as in this case. One missed (*) and so got a large dose of muscle relaxant (think novichok and then stop thinking about it) subcutaneously and took 45 mins to thrash around and DDDIIIIEEEE!

and we got here
answer is to scrap the death penalty
(You know what Lord Killjoy QC MR said - as long we have the death penalty we will have no appeals against conviction. 1955 I think).

(*) yes an unknown shelf stacker ( as I said before) really did come up to me in a supermarket and say "You put a drip up on my friends baby when no one else in the Hospital could"

[Mozz71]

It's a lot tougher to survive a firing squad, and a lot quicker for the inmate.

[andy-hughes]

It's not an oxymoron, because in this instance, the word 'execution' is being used as an adjective, to define a process.

If, as in this case, the process is flawed, then it is possible to survive it, as thus gentleman has thus far.

[jno]

I do sympathise, phlebotomists have a lot of trouble finding any of my veins but that doesn't mean I would willingly choose any other way of being killed.

[Peter Pedant]

oh I wasnt trying to kill the baby! haw haw haw

Alot of cons take drugs and screw up their peripheral veins, and then go for the central veins and clot those. eek
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so what happens when they go into Hosptial ? some very sad scenes

[youngmafbog]

No sympathy whatsoever, my sympathies lie with his victims who had no choice on how they would die.

Shoot him and have it done with.

[andy-hughes]

Leaving aside the immorality of 'punishing' someone for killing someone by, er, killing them -

If the government takes upon itself to take the life of someone, then as a (relatively!) civilised society, it is the government's responsibility to ensure that its own patented method of pre-determined method of life taking is not as barbaric, or in fact more barbaric, than the crime for which the criminal is being 'punished'.

Clearly, in this case, they failed by a very long way.

[Peter Pedant]

It's a lot tougher to survive a firing squad, and a lot quicker for the inmate.
yes agreed
BUT - wormhoudt, 1940 - Malmedy 1944 ( same German Unit but difft people) Singapore 1942 ( Radji Beach)-all had survivors,
all on wiki