Criminal? Afraid of Needles? Move to Utah!

Nirvana · 04-23-2010, 05:47 PM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...r-firing-squad

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A convicted killer in Utah today chose to be executed by firing squad, a method only rarely used in that state and banned almost everywhere else in the US.

Ronnie Lee Gardner, 49, murdered a lawyer and has been on death row for 25 years. He faces execution by five volunteers (who would be police officers) on June 18, having been given the choice of the firing squad or a lethal injection.

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Shawnee123 · 04-23-2010, 08:07 PM

I wonder if I asked, they would shove me off a cliff or a tall building?

I'm afraid of needles AND guns.

ZenGum · 04-23-2010, 09:20 PM

If the guns are touching the skin, it could still count as a lethal injection.

jinx · 04-23-2010, 10:29 PM

I would want to go the painkillers, booze, and satin sheets route.

skysidhe · 04-23-2010, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

If the guns are touching the skin, it could still count as a lethal injection.

I'm laughing.

Someone should have approached his choice that way.

The choice of a tiny pinprick or riddled with large fragments that will tear you apart.

richlevy · 04-23-2010, 11:21 PM

I was always curious. When they give a lethal injection, do they follow the same sterile procedures that they do in administering a vaccine? And if so, why?

ZenGum · 04-23-2010, 11:37 PM

Apparently, yes, they do sterilise the injection site.
I guess it is just force of habit.

Oh, mods, cleanup in aisle five. Shawnee is being channeled by a spammer.

HungLikeJesus · 04-23-2010, 11:52 PM

That would kind of freak me out, having a stalker following me around repeating what I typed.

Urbane Guerrilla · 04-24-2010, 12:11 AM

I don't fear either one. But getting dropped off a tall building would confirm a fair-to-middlin' phobia.

ZenGum · 04-24-2010, 03:37 AM

That would kind of freak me out, having a stalker following me around repeating what I typed.

Too obvious?

Shawnee123 · 04-24-2010, 08:42 AM

wtf is that post???

Hello?

Weird. I'll go with imitation and sincere flattery, for 100, Alex.

Spexxvet · 04-24-2010, 10:54 AM

Killing a lawyer is illegal? Who knew?

ZenGum · 04-24-2010, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Killing a lawyer is illegal? Who knew?

Good point. Maybe it was out of season.
And given how cops feel about (defense) lawyers, do you really think they'll get five volunteers to off the dude?

And spending 25 years on death row? These things shouldn't be rushed, but that's just silly.

HungLikeJesus · 04-24-2010, 11:04 AM

wtf is that post???

Hello?

Weird. I'll go with imitation and sincere flattery, for 100, Alex.
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Shawnee123 · 04-24-2010, 02:28 PM

Well, it sounds much better coming from you, HLJ.

04-23-2010, 08:07 PM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I wonder if I asked, they would shove me off a cliff or a tall building? I'm afraid of needles AND guns. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-23-2010, 09:20 PM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	If the guns are touching the skin, it could still count as a lethal injection. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

04-23-2010, 10:29 PM	#4
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I would want to go the painkillers, booze, and satin sheets route. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

04-23-2010, 11:21 PM	#6
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I was always curious. When they give a lethal injection, do they follow the same sterile procedures that they do in administering a vaccine? And if so, why? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

04-23-2010, 11:37 PM	#7
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Apparently, yes, they do sterilise the injection site. I guess it is just force of habit. Oh, mods, cleanup in aisle five. Shawnee is being channeled by a spammer. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

04-23-2010, 11:52 PM	#8
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	That would kind of freak me out, having a stalker following me around repeating what I typed. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

04-24-2010, 12:11 AM	#9
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	I don't fear either one. But getting dropped off a tall building would confirm a fair-to-middlin' phobia. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

04-24-2010, 03:37 AM	#10
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	That would kind of freak me out, having a stalker following me around repeating what I typed. Too obvious? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

04-24-2010, 08:42 AM	#11
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	wtf is that post??? Hello? Weird. I'll go with imitation and sincere flattery, for 100, Alex. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-24-2010, 10:54 AM	#12
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Killing a lawyer is illegal? Who knew? __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

04-24-2010, 11:04 AM	#14
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	wtf is that post??? Hello? Weird. I'll go with imitation and sincere flattery, for 100, Alex. __________________ __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

04-24-2010, 02:28 PM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Well, it sounds much better coming from you, HLJ. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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