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Post by moonlight on Oct 16, 2012 13:45:38 GMT -6
I too want to add my satisfaction for the conduct of justice and law enforcement. The more condemned murderers are put to death the better society becomes. Plain and simple.
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Post by zd3925 on Oct 19, 2012 8:22:23 GMT -6
John Hult, a staff writer for the Sioux Falls, (S.D.) Argus-Leader was one of two media witnesses at last night's execution of condemned murderer Eric Robert. He wrote an essay on what it is like to be a witness to an execution. There is some video on this page as well. Another turd flushed
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Post by rick4404 on Oct 27, 2012 17:25:22 GMT -6
You can tell this execution took place in South Dakota.
1. Small state that sends relatively few people to death row, mainly because there is little violent crime which would rise to the level of a death penalty eligible offense.
2. South Dakota has strong open government, open records laws, thus government transparence is assured and every bit of minutia detail is open to media and public scrutiny.
3. Since an execution is so rare in South Dakota (only two of them in some 65 years), an execution naturally becomes a big news event. Thus, every last bit of minutia detail is reported, including the list of witnesses. In other states like Texas where executions are routine occurrences, news of an execution sometimes even doesn't make the news.
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Post by Potassium_Pixie on Oct 28, 2012 5:05:22 GMT -6
Does SD use 3-drugs or 1-drug?
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Post by rick4404 on Oct 28, 2012 7:17:35 GMT -6
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Post by Potassium_Pixie on Oct 29, 2012 1:37:08 GMT -6
Can't you get a choice between a 1 or 3 drug cocktail?
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Post by rick4404 on Oct 29, 2012 10:26:12 GMT -6
Can't you get a choice between a 1 or 3 drug cocktail? After Elijah Page was executed in 2007 using the three drug method, South Dakota changed its execution protocol last year, to give the state secretary of corrections the authority to use a 1, 2 or 3 drug protocol in any future execution. The change of protocol amounted to a change of administrative policy and thus, was presented for a period of public comment. The protocol change was adopted without objections. The protocol does state that any inmate sentenced to death prior to July 1, 2007 may designate in writing his or her wishes to the warden as to the lethal injection protocol that the inmate wants to be administered. Since Eric Robert was only sentenced last year, he had no choice. However, Donald Moeller, who's execution is set for tomorrow evening, did have the choice since he was convicted some 20 years ago. It is not known whether or not he made a choice. If the inmate makes no choice, then the one drug protocol will be used. The protocol allows the warden upon the approval of the secretary of corrections the option of using a one, two or three drug protocol on any given inmate. However, inmates who were sentenced to death prior to July 1, 2007 when the state law was changed which removed references to specific drugs that were to be used have the option of choosing in writing the method of lethal injection they would prefer. If an inmate makes no choice, then the current protocol applies. South Dakota's death penalty statutes now only make a general reference to the intravenous injection of a substance or substances in a lethal quantity.
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