Death penalty letter
With two executions scheduled to happen fairly soon, a group of legislators are asking Gov. Mike Easley to halt them and others. Among them are Reps. Pricey Harrison, Maggie Jeffus and Alma Adams, all Greensboro Democrats.
Click here to listen to what Harrison had to say about the letter.
From the letter itself:
As legislators, we write to respectfully request that you suspend immediately all executions until we can be assured that North Carolina’s method of execution clearly meets the U.S. constitutional requirement that the punishment is not cruel and unusual.Governor Jeb Bush imposed a moratorium on executions in Florida following a December 13, 2006, botched execution during which the condemned inmate clearly suffered a protracted, painful death. In addition, eight additional states -- Arkansas, California, Delaware, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, South Dakota, and Maryland have recently halted executions to review their lethal injection process. It is troubling that North Carolina uses the identical drug combination as Florida.
As you know, three North Carolina death row inmates are currently scheduled for execution between January 26 and February 9. We respectfully ask that you suspend those and all other executions until our lethal injection procedures, which are identical to Florida’s, can be reviewed fully.
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Did the crimes meet the U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT THE PUNISHMENT IS NOT CRUEL AND UNUSUAL TO THE VICTIM'S? WHAT ABOUT THE VICTIMS AND THERE FAMILY'S
Posted on January 23, 2007 1:47 PM
The victims of crime don't matter, Mary.
If executions proceed as scheduled, at least (by law) there will be a doctor in the house.
Nevermind that he/she won't be able to do anything.
Posted on January 23, 2007 7:25 PM
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Posted on January 28, 2007 4:22 PM
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Posted on February 17, 2007 10:09 PM