Here in the heartland there is a new death penalty debate. Recently in Ohio they were unable after a couple of hours to find a vein for the lethal injection.Mostly because of IV drug use. The convict was in obvious distress. They postponed the execution and now its in the courts. Has this violated the cruel and unusual punishment protection? I wonder, mostly about the 14 year old girl he raped and murdered. Were the last minutes of her life "cruel and unusual"? I imagine so. Did he consider her rights, and where was the ACLU to protect her ? Flawed logic, maybe. Is the death penalty a deterrent? Maybe if it was enforced,at any rate it would deter the condemned. I read somewhere the Chinese take you out and shoot you in the back of the head and send a bill for the ammo to your family. Is that cruel ? I suppose so, but isn't that the point of the exercise?
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