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Post by Californian on Sept 11, 2014 21:03:48 GMT -6
How utterly and clearly true, Lady Whitediamond! We seldom hear of any atheists on DR... If I may be so bold and make an inquiery to You: How would You personally response to the idea of introducing guillotines as an efficient working tool for the executioners? Fast, safe and secure for all parts, I´d say! Perhaps I seem a bit archaic, but I would most definately highly appreciate the opinion of such an esteemed member as Yourself! Sincerely Yours Lordextinct. Are you light in the loafers or something? Because you sound like a fag.
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Post by Californian on Aug 17, 2014 14:50:16 GMT -6
Hey Nils? Why don't you pucker up and kiss my pasty red, white and blue American ass? And grow a pair, You Euroweenie twat. Someone (other than Nils) complained about this message, but did not explain what was wrong with it. I recommend proactive correction, by changing one letter for future labeling of this sort. Instead of calling someone a "Euroweenie twat", let's consider making that "Euroweenie twit". OK. Let's not offend Euroweenie wusses, after all.
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Post by Californian on Aug 11, 2014 22:28:15 GMT -6
Char must be on vacation.
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Post by Californian on Aug 10, 2014 21:21:05 GMT -6
Confirmed: scumpal.
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Post by Californian on Aug 10, 2014 16:21:54 GMT -6
Eenie meenie, chili beanie, the Mighty Bob predicts: A finger in Texas is hovering over "the button."
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Post by Californian on Jul 31, 2014 12:52:39 GMT -6
On the other hand, millions of guns wielded by pissed-off Americans killed a lot of his fellow citizens 1941-45. He's just got a case of the red a$$ about that, and also that out GIs bought "favors" from his grandma for a pack of Luckies and a Hershey bar. Grandma must of had carpet burn from all those "favors" Perhaps he's more American than he realizes.
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Post by Californian on Jul 30, 2014 22:04:44 GMT -6
84,999,989 Gun owners killed no one yesterday...just say'in On the other hand, millions of guns wielded by pissed-off Americans killed a lot of his fellow citizens 1941-45. He's just got a case of the red a$$ about that, and also that out GIs bought "favors" from his grandma for a pack of Luckies and a Hershey bar.
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Post by Californian on Jul 21, 2014 18:54:52 GMT -6
I dont have the audacity to gloat over ANYONES death at all. That's because you're a girly man.
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Post by Californian on Jul 21, 2014 17:17:52 GMT -6
Uh-huh. Why do I suspect your real name is "Brett" and you have a death row sweetie?
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Post by Californian on Jul 21, 2014 7:51:21 GMT -6
That's a 9th Circus decision. It will be appealed to SCOTUS, and the 9th Circus is reversed there almost 90% of the time.
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Post by Californian on Jul 20, 2014 10:35:02 GMT -6
That's okay, we don't have to agree. That's the great thing about this country. I guess I just have a hard time wanting people to die, even if they did something bad. I don't cry at night for Osama bin Laden, or Adolf Hitler, and I wouldn't cry over Charles Manson if he was killed, but I'm not for the death penalty any time someone kills another person. Go away. You have stealth scumpal written all over your posts.
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Post by Californian on Jul 18, 2014 22:16:44 GMT -6
You realize that it's going to end badly for you here, right?
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Post by Californian on Jul 17, 2014 22:48:48 GMT -6
But why would you want to execute a young pretty woman if she was truly remorseful? You sound like a real drooler, ya know?
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Post by Californian on Jul 16, 2014 19:26:07 GMT -6
Cause of death overdose.... ....Or an anxiety attack. Can you imagine the conversation between him and his legion of attorneys? "it's on! It's off! Wait, it's on again! It's off! It's on! We got a stay! It's off! Oh, SH!T! It's ON!" Nothing like subjecting your client to that, is there? Of course, for the antis, it's about the movement, not the poor schlub on the gurney.
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Post by Californian on Jul 16, 2014 18:39:28 GMT -6
And DOWN he goes. Hasta la vista, creep. Missouri executes man accused of killing 3 peopleBy JIM SALTER BONNE TERRE, Mo. — A former methamphetamine dealer was executed Wednesday for killing three people in rural northern Missouri out of fear that they would report his drug activity to police. John Middleton, 54, died from an injection of pentobarbital, the sixth execution in Missouri this year. Only Florida and Texas, with seven each, have performed more executions. Middleton was convicted of killing Randy "Happy" Hamilton and Stacey Hodge in early June 1995, then Alfred Pinegar several days later. Middleton was a small-time meth dealer in sparsely populated northern Missouri in the mid-1990s. After several drug suspects were arrested on June 10, 1995, he allegedly told a friend: "The snitches around here are going to start going down." A day later, according to court records, Middleton and his girlfriend met Hamilton and Hodge on a gravel road. Prosecutors said Middleton shot and killed them both and hid the bodies in the trunk of Hamilton's car. Pinegar, another meth dealer, was shot in the face on June 23, 1995. His body was found in a field near Bethany. Acquaintances say Middleton told them he killed all three. Police also had eyewitness accounts of Middleton purchasing ammunition in the hours before Pinegar's death. Middleton was convicted in 1997. Middleton's girlfriend, Maggie Hodges, is serving life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in all three deaths. In February, a man whose name has not been disclosed because he fears retribution signed an affidavit saying that two rival meth dealers drove him to a rural area soon after Pinegar's death and accused him of being a snitch. He said the men showed him Pinegar's body, saying: "There's already been three people killed. You want to be number four?" The witness said the two dealers then beat him unconscious with a baseball bat and raped his girlfriend. Harrison County Sheriff Josh Eckerson agreed to take a new look at the case but said his investigation found no evidence to back up the claims. He is convinced that Middleton was the real killer. The execution Wednesday evening occurred several hours after it was originally scheduled, at 12:01 a.m. A federal judge granted a stay of execution late Tuesday, citing a need for a hearing to determine if Middleton was mentally ill. A federal appeals court overturned the stay and neither the U.S. Supreme Court nor the Missouri Supreme Court would halt the execution. Middleton's appeals on claims that he was innocent were also turned away, and Gov. Jay Nixon denied a request for clemency. Missouri has executed one man each month since November, with the exception of May, when the U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of Russell Bucklew. Bucklew suffers from a rare congenital condition that causes weakened and malformed blood vessels as well as tumors in his nose and throat. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals plans a hearing on Sept. 9 to determine if lethal injection could cause him to suffer because of his medical condition.
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Post by Californian on Jul 16, 2014 6:57:14 GMT -6
Missouri Appeals John Middleton's Stay Of Execution
| By JIM SALTER BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri execution has been delayed until at least midday Wednesday after a federal judge granted a last-minute stay.
John Middleton was scheduled to die one minute after midnight Wednesday for killing three people in rural northern Missouri in 1995. Less than two hours before the execution, U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry granted a stay, ruling that there was enough evidence of mental illness that a hearing should be held.
Courts have established that executing the mentally ill is unconstitutional.
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster appealed to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but that court adjourned for the night without a ruling.
The state could execute Middleton at any time Wednesday if the stay is lifted.
It was a confusing end to a day that saw a flurry of court actions. Perry first granted a stay early Tuesday, but it was overturned by the appeals court. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to overturn the appeals court ruling, and also declined to halt the execution on several other grounds, including the contention by Middleton's attorneys that he was innocent of the crimes.
Middleton's attorneys then went back to Perry, who once again granted a stay. However the appeals court eventually rules, the case is likely to end up again in the U.S. Supreme Court.
The death warrant expires at midnight Thursday, so if Middleton is not executed by then, the Missouri Supreme Court would have to set a new date. State witnesses and media were told to report back to the prison by 10:30 a.m.
Middleton, 54, would be the sixth man put to death in Missouri this year — only Florida and Texas have performed more executions in 2014 with seven each.
He was convicted of killing Randy "Happy" Hamilton, Stacey Hodge and Alfred Pinegar out of concern that they would tell police about Middleton's methamphetamine dealing. Middleton's girlfriend, Maggie Hodges, is serving life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in all three cases.
Middleton's attorneys contend that the wrong man was arrested, citing new evidence that included a witness who came forward in February.
"We're looking at a situation where if (Middleton) had zealous representation at trial he likely would have been acquitted," attorney Joseph Perkovich said.
Koster disagreed. "The time for enforcement of Missouri's criminal judgment against John Middleton is long overdue," Koster wrote in a court response on Tuesday.
Middleton was a meth dealer in sparsely-populated northern Missouri in the mid-1990s. After several drug suspects were arrested on June 10, 1995, he allegedly told a friend, "The snitches around here are going to start going down."
A day later, according to court records, Middleton and his girlfriend met Hamilton and Hodge on a gravel road. Prosecutors said Middleton shot and killed them both and put the bodies in the trunk of Hamilton's car.
Pinegar, another meth dealer, was shot in the face on June 23, 1995. His body was found in a field near Bethany.
Middleton allegedly told acquaintances about his exploits. He was charged in all three killings and convicted in 1997.
A witness with another story emerged this year.
In February, a man whose name is not disclosed because he fears retribution signed an affidavit saying that two rival meth dealers drove him to a rural area soon after Pinegar's death and accused him of being a snitch. He said the men showed him Pinegar's body, saying, "There's already been three people killed. You want to be number four?"
The new witness said the two dealers then beat him unconscious with a baseball bat and raped his girlfriend.
Harrison County Sheriff Josh Eckerson agreed to take a new look at the case, but said his investigation found no evidence to back up the new assertions. He is convinced that Middleton was the real killer.
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Post by Californian on Jul 15, 2014 18:09:01 GMT -6
Now appears to be on again. Missouri Appeals John Middleton's Stay Of Execution| By JIM SALTER ST. LOUIS (AP) — A three-judge federal appeals court panel on Tuesday overturned a stay of execution for a condemned Missouri man, hours before he was scheduled to be put to death. John Middleton was set to die at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday for killing three people in rural northern Missouri in 1995 out of fear that they would tell police about his drug dealing. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry ruled early Tuesday that there was enough question about Middleton's mental health that a hearing should determine if he is fit to be executed, writing in her ruling that he "has provided evidence that he has been diagnosed with a variety of mental health disorders, and has received a number of psychiatric medications over the years." Courts have established that executing the mentally ill is unconstitutional. Hours later, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis overturned the stay. Middleton's lawyers appealed that ruling. They also contend in a separate appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court that Middleton is innocent of the killings.
Middleton, 54, would be the sixth man put to death in Missouri this year — only Florida and Texas have performed more executions in 2014 with seven each. He was convicted of killing Randy "Happy" Hamilton, Stacey Hodge and Alfred Pinegar out of concern that they would tell police about Middleton's methamphetamine dealing. Middleton's girlfriend, Maggie Hodges, is serving life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in all three cases. Middleton's attorneys contend that the wrong man was arrested, citing new evidence that included a witness who came forward in February. "We're looking at a situation where if (Middleton) had zealous representation at trial he likely would have been acquitted," attorney Joseph Perkovich said. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster disagreed. "The time for enforcement of Missouri's criminal judgment against John Middleton is long overdue," Koster wrote in a court response on Tuesday. Middleton was a meth dealer in sparsely-populated northern Missouri in the mid-1990s. After several drug suspects were arrested on June 10, 1995, he allegedly told a friend, "The snitches around here are going to start going down." A day later, according to court records, Middleton and his girlfriend met Hamilton and Hodge on a gravel road. Prosecutors said Middleton shot and killed them both and put the bodies in the trunk of Hamilton's car. Pinegar, another meth dealer, was shot in the face on June 23, 1995. His body was found in a field near Bethany.
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Post by Californian on Jul 10, 2014 17:12:14 GMT -6
Don't you just love a happy ending? Hasta la vista, creep. FLORIDA EXECUTES MAN FOR 1994 RAPE, MURDER OF GIRLSTARKE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida has executed a man for the 1994 rape and slaying of an 11-year-old girl. Eddie Wayne Davis was executed by lethal injection Thursday at 6:43 p.m. It was the state's sixth execution this year, and 13th in the past two. The 45-year-old Davis was convicted in 1995 of first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual battery in the slaying of Kimberly Waters, the daughter of a woman Davis had dated briefly. According to court documents, Davis broke into his ex-girlfriend's trailer seeking money for beer, found Waters sleeping and raped her. Prosecutors say he then took her to a nearby Moose Lodge, where he beat her and suffocated her with a piece of plastic.
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Post by Californian on Jul 10, 2014 8:10:41 GMT -6
...And according to the SCOTUS database, no appeal pending there. Tick tock.
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Post by Californian on Jun 20, 2014 10:34:27 GMT -6
what would happen if the 500mg of a midazolam solution was not administered and only the vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride was given, would the inmate just go into full cardiac arrest..sound good for henry, he so earned his death sentence.. The pavulon is a paralytic that stops respiration almost instantly, although the patient is fully conscious. The KCL stops the heart just about as fast. KCL is a popular suicide drug for doctors, nurses, and other health care workers. The first drug administered, Versed, is popular for surgical sedation. The dose administered in in an execution is about 10x the lethal dose, so it alone is lethal. The Pavulon and KCL were used in the first LI protocol, which was designed by an anesthesiologist, just so everyone didn't have to stand around tapping their toes waiting for the hump to croak. The original LI process left the condemned absent vital signs within 5-6 minutes. You will note from press reports that the single-drug process is now taking 10-15 minutes for the clinical signs of death (no pulse, no respiration, and lack of pupillary response) to manifest. I leave it to you to decide if that's better or worse. I know what I think.
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Post by Californian on Jun 18, 2014 18:23:15 GMT -6
And down he goes. One more and we'd be hitting for the cycle. John Ruthell Henry Becomes 3rd Man Executed In 24 Hours Posted: 06/18/2014 7:59 pm EDT STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has executed a man who fatally stabbed his wife and her young son in 1985. It is the third U.S. execution in less than 24 hours since a botched April lethal injection in Oklahoma. The governor's office says John Ruthell Henry was pronounced dead at 7:43 p.m. Wednesday. The 63-year-old was convicted and sentenced to death for fatally stabbing his wife, Suzanne Henry. He also was convicted of fatally stabbing Suzanne Henry's 5-year-old son hours after the woman's murder. Henry previously had pleaded no contest to second-degree murder for stabbing his common-law wife, Patricia Roddy, in 1976. He served less than eight years and was released in 1983.
The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a last-second appeal by attorneys who argued Henry wasn't mentally stable enough to comprehend his death sentence. Hasta la vista, creeps.
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Post by Californian on Jun 18, 2014 14:34:09 GMT -6
Looks like we're rounding third and heading for home...
John Henry scheduled for execution at 6 p.m. Wednesday Jon Silman, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, June 17, 2014 6:33pm
A federal appeals court has rejected a bid to delay the execution of John Ruthell Henry, who is scheduled to be executed at 6 tonight at the Florida State Prison in Raiford.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta issued an opinion late Tuesday, said capital cases clerk Jan Camp. Only the U.S. Supreme Court could now delay Henry's execution, Camp added.
Henry was sentenced to death for murdering his wife in Zephyrhills in 1985.
Defense attorney Baya Harrison, who filed the appeal over the weekend, has argued that Henry, 63, is mentally disabled and should not be put to death under the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Henry has been on death row for 27 years. He stabbed 28-year-old Patricia Roddy 20 times in 1976. He served just over seven years before being paroled in January 1983.
In December 1985, he stabbed his wife, Suzanne Henry, to death with a 5-inch paring knife after an argument. Hours later, he drove to Hillsborough County where he stabbed her 5-year-old son, Eugene Christian, with the same knife while the boy sat in his lap in a car.
Henry's scheduled execution comes in the wake of a botched procedure in April in Oklahoma. Clayton Lockett was administered drugs but soon started writhing in his restraints. Officials halted the execution, but Lockett later died of a heart attack. Oklahoma uses a three-drug cocktail in its executions, and according to published reports one of Lockett's veins exploded.
Florida also uses a three-drug combination. First, 500mg of a midazolam solution — to render the inmate unconscious — is injected, followed by a "flush" of saline. The executioner will check if Henry has lost consciousness, according to protocols written by the Florida Department of Corrections.
Once the execution team is satisfied Henry is indeed unconscious, two more drugs, vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride, will be administered. An on-hand physician will confirm the death.
Florida has executed 81 inmates since the death penalty was reinstated in 1979, according to DOC records.
Last year, seven were put to death, the most since 1984, when eight people were executed.
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Post by Californian on Jun 18, 2014 8:03:25 GMT -6
John Henry scheduled for execution at 6 p.m. Wednesday
A federal appeals court has rejected a bid to delay the execution of John Ruthell Henry, who is scheduled to be executed at 6 tonight at the Florida State Prison in Raiford.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta issued an opinion late Tuesday, said capital cases clerk Jan Camp. Only the U.S. Supreme Court could now delay Henry's execution, Camp added.
Henry was sentenced to death for murdering his wife in Zephyrhills in 1985.
Defense attorney Baya Harrison, who filed the appeal over the weekend, has argued that Henry, 63, is mentally disabled and should not be put to death under the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Henry has been on death row for 27 years. He stabbed 28-year-old Patricia Roddy 20 times in 1976. He served just over seven years before being paroled in January 1983.
In December 1985, he stabbed his wife, Suzanne Henry, to death with a 5-inch paring knife after an argument. Hours later, he drove to Hillsborough County where he stabbed her 5-year-old son, Eugene Christian, with the same knife while the boy sat in his lap in a car.
Henry's scheduled execution comes in the wake of a botched procedure in April in Oklahoma. Clayton Lockett was administered drugs but soon started writhing in his restraints. Officials halted the execution, but Lockett later died of a heart attack. Oklahoma uses a three-drug cocktail in its executions, and according to published reports one of Lockett's veins exploded.
Florida also uses a three-drug combination. First, 500mg of a midazolam solution — to render the inmate unconscious — is injected, followed by a "flush" of saline. The executioner will check if Henry has lost consciousness, according to protocols written by the Florida Department of Corrections.
Once the execution team is satisfied Henry is indeed unconscious, two more drugs, vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride, will be administered. An on-hand physician will confirm the death.
Florida has executed 81 inmates since the death penalty was reinstated in 1979, according to DOC records.
Last year, seven were put to death, the most since 1984, when eight people were executed.
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Post by Californian on Jun 17, 2014 23:41:59 GMT -6
Two down!
Missouri executes inmate for killing 2 women John Winfield was executed Wednesday by lethal injection at 12:01 a.m. and was pronounced dead at 12:10 a.m., a spokesman for the Department of Public Safety said.
Winfield took four or five deep breaths as the drug was injected, puffed his cheeks twice and then fell silent, all in a matter of a few seconds.
His execution at the state prison in Bonne Terre came shortly after convicted killer Marcus Wellons was put to death in Georgia. Wellons' was the first execution in the nation since a botched execution on April 29 in Oklahoma raised new concerns about lethal injection.
Another convicted killer, John Ruthell Henry, is scheduled to die later Wednesday in Florida.
Winfield shot his ex-girlfriend, who was the mother of two of his children, in the head, leaving her blind. He shot and killed two of her friends.
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Post by Californian on Jun 17, 2014 23:21:43 GMT -6
Looks like #2 in the trifecta will bite the dust, as well.
Missouri Killer John Winfield to be Executed: Supreme Court Denies Final Appeal
A rapid-fire sequence of appeals has left John Winfield with nowhere to turn as the hours tick down to his scheduled execution at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday (Tuesday night). The Supreme Court denied his lawyers' request for a stay of execution late Tuesday night, and the only thing that could have stopped Winfield's death was his clemency petition on the desk of Missouri Governor Jay Nixon.
Nixon denied the request for clemency minutes after the Supreme Court decision.
See also: "He's a Good Person": Daughter of Death Row Inmate Asks Nixon To Spare Her Father's Life
Winfield was sentenced to death in 1998 for blinding his ex-girlfriend and killing two other women in a 1996 shooting spree.
A U.S. District judge stayed the execution last week after his lawyers showed how Missouri prison officials intimidated a sympathetic staff member from sending a letter supporting Winfield's petition of clemency.
On Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit lifted that stay. Then, hours later, Supreme Court denied four successive appeals for a stay of execution from Winfield's lawyers. Soon after, Nixon denied Winfield's request for clemency.
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Post by Californian on Jun 17, 2014 22:43:29 GMT -6
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Post by Californian on Jun 17, 2014 21:25:53 GMT -6
Jeez, where's Matt to say "Get on with it" ? UPDATE: The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Marcus Wellons’ request for a stay of execution, Atlanta lawyer Bill Morrison, one of Wellons’ attorneys, said. With Wellons’ appeals now exhausted, the state Department of Corrections is expected to carried out his execution at some time tonight. UPDATE: The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to stay the pending execution of condemned killer Marcus Wellons, rejecting his challenge to the state’s lethal-injection secrecy law. The court issued its decision by a 5-2 vote, with Justices Robert Benham and Carol Hunstein dissenting. Wellons still has an appeal pending in the U.S. Supreme Court. His execution, initially set for 7 p.m. tonight, has been at least temporarily delayed. ORIGINAL REPORT: The federal appeals court in Atlanta has denied a stay of execution to condemned killer Marcus Wellons, who is set to be put to death by lethal injection tonight. The court issued its ruling shortly before the scheduled execution, initially set for 7 p.m. Wellons’ attorneys are now taking their appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court and filing other claims as well. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously agreed that Wellons had not been able to establish that the lethal-injection protocol to be used in his execution created a demonstrated risk of severe pain. But Judge Charles Wilson, writing a concurrence, expressed great concern over the state’s lethal-injection secrecy law enacted last year by the General Assembly. It shields from the public and the courts information about the provider of the lethal-injection drug, the qualifications of the execution team and details about the drug itself. For this reason, Wilson asked, how could Wellons show that he faced a risk of needless pain and suffering “when the state has passed a law prohibiting him from learning about the compound it plans to use to execute him?” Wilson said he had “serious concerns” about the state’s need to keep information about the lethal-injection process concealed from the public and the courts, “especially given the recent much-publicized botched execution in Oklahoma.” “Unless judges have information about the specific nature of a method of execution,” Wilson wrote, “we cannot fulfill our constitutional role of determining whether a state’s method of execution violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment before it becomes too late.” Judges Gerald Tjoflat and Stanley Marcus did not join Wilson’s concurring opinion. Wellons’ lawyers had asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to stop the execution to give them time to gather “relevant information” to evaluate the quality of the compounded sedative that is to be used to put him to death. In a filing with the federal appeals court Tuesday, Wellons’ attorneys said the only way to be sure that the compounded pentobarbitol made specifically for Wellons is safe is to know who made it and their credentials. Otherwise, the appeal said, Wellons is at risk of a painful death. “The Eighth Amendment protects Mr. Wellons from cruel and unusual punishment,” the appeal said. “But it is a hollow right unless it can be enforced prospectively.” Wellons’ lawyers referenced the botched execution of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma, who died of a heart attack shortly after his execution was called off. “There is certainly no redress available to him now,” Wellons’ lawyers said about Lockett’s death. The Georgia law that protects the identity of everyone involved in an execution, including the source of the drug, shields “these critical aspects of how they intend to carry out” his execution, now set for 7 p.m. at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison near Jackson. Supporters of the law said it was necessary to ensure the state could get lethal injection drugs because of public pressures put on companies. A federal judge in Atlanta rejected Wellons’ argument on Monday that his constitutional protections from cruel and unusual punishment were threatened by Georgia’s 1-year-old secrecy law that prevents him from knowing who made the pentobarbital that will be used to put him to death. U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten said the Georgia Department of Correction had every incentive to make sure nothing goes wrong with his execution set for 7 p.m. at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison near Jackson. “DOC officials certainly have a strong interest in executing its condemned prisoners in a manner that does not violate their rights,” Batten wrote. “Botched executions lead to embarrassment, investigations, bad press, and, perhaps worst of all for the individuals involved, the knowledge that they caused an individual needless pain and suffering.” Batten said he “presumes that the state acted in good faith in selecting the company that produced the pentobarbital and in appointing the team slated to carry out (Wellons’) execution. Wellons was sentenced to die for raping and murdering India Roberts, who lived with her mother in a Vinings townhouse near the one where Wellons lived. The girl disappeared on an August 1989 morning after kissing her mother goodbye and leaving to walk to the school bus stop. Her body was found a few hours later. She had been strangled with a telephone cord. If Wellons is executed, he will be the first that Georgia has put to death using a single compounded drug and the first under the law that protects the identity of the source of the lethal injection drug used. He also will be the first in the nation to be put to death since a botched execution in Oklahoma in April.
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Post by Californian on Jun 17, 2014 21:10:28 GMT -6
Apparently, his slickster attorneys had three more filings up their sleeve. The Supreme Court laughed them off the premises. They should be getting ready to light him up right now.
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Post by Californian on Jun 17, 2014 17:55:21 GMT -6
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Post by Californian on Jun 17, 2014 17:10:14 GMT -6
"All three states planning lethal injections this week — Florida, Georgia and Missouri — refuse to say where they get their drugs, or if they are tested." Obviously, the drugs should be tested. On scumpals.
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