“Kenny just began to gasp for air repeatedly and the execution took about 25 minutes total.”

Pretty compassionate way to kill a person.

Once again, the Law in the south is brutal.

  • @CaptainProton@lemmy.world
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    205 months ago

    Was this based on sentencing guidelines at the time?

    But yeah… Brought to you by the same people who convince juries that nullification is not a real thing for malum-prohibitum crimes.

    • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      If it was then why even have a sentencing jury? Wouldn’t that qualify as false hope torture and as such a violation of the 8th amendment?