Utah wants to bring back firing squads

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The Utah legislature has a bill pending for 2015 that would bring back the use of firing squads as an alternative to lethal injection. Firing squad was last used in the state in 2010 to execute an inmate. Link here to the full story: www.nbcnews.com/storyline/lethal-injection/utah-proposes-firing-squad-executions-n252086

Discuss.

[penguingrrl]

Well, I'm if the belief that the state should not be executing people at all, so on that front I don't like this. But if we're accepting capital punishment then I see no issue with this. It will likely be very quick and it's over since it have several trained marksmen doing it.

[cabbagecabbage]

Nov 20, 2014 11:34:30 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

Well, I'm if the belief that the state should not be executing people at all, so on that front I don't like this. But if we're accepting capital punishment then I see no issue with this. It will likely be very quick and it's over since it have several trained marksmen doing it.

I agree. Execution is execution as long as it's quick. This seems more humane than the botched, hours long lethal injections of late but I think a country with such a bad track record for imprisoning the innocent shouldn't be executing anyone. Except maybe child molesters. That's my hypocritical belief.

[penguingrrl]

Nov 20, 2014 11:35:26 GMT -5 runningfish said:

Nov 20, 2014 11:27:36 GMT -5 @mrsmuq said:

The Utah legislature has a bill pending for 2015 that would bring back the use of firing squads as an alternative to lethal injection. Firing squad was last used in the state in 2010 to execute an inmate. Link here to the full story: www.nbcnews.com/storyline/lethal-injection/utah-proposes-firing-squad-executions-n252086

Discuss.

I would hate to be the person that's a part of the firing squad. I heard only one person has real bullets so nobody knows who fired the kill shot (not sure if accurate) but I still couldn't imagine standing in that line.

Would you rather be the medical professional breaking the Hippocratic oath by administering the lethal injection to a healthy person?

[broccolisgirl]

I'm opposed to capital punishment, but it is supposed to be one of the more humane forms. Kansas doesn't execute very many people, but we hear about the issues with Missouri and their executions.

[penguingrrl]

Nov 20, 2014 12:29:19 GMT -5 runningfish said:

Nov 20, 2014 11:41:04 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

Would you rather be the medical professional breaking the Hippocratic oath by administering the lethal injection to a healthy person?

I would rather not murder anybody, but lethal injection wasn't the topic asked to be discussed.

Sorry, that wasn't clear. It seemed like you were decrying the method rather than the system.

[quesyrah]

How bout we just not kill people

[Deleted]

Nov 20, 2014 13:46:09 GMT -5 quesyrah said:

How bout we just not kill people

WORD!

[zbeesma86]

has anyone lost a loved one at the hands of someone else?

I'm pro death penalty, shocker, right? Maybe because I've seen stuff that still haunts me to this day.


also have to look at the chance of missing and actual human suffering. I feel like that would be less with a bullet vs electric chair or IV. They don't just hand John Doe off the street a rifle, they have a marksman come in with fellow marksman- 3 blanks and one with an actual hallow point.

what needs reviewed is the length of time on death row- it shouldn't be years.

[amynumbers]

Once we can stop fucking up an putting inncocent people on death row, we can talk about how to actually carry out the death penalty, thanks.