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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Constitution does not guarantee a painless death for condemned murderers, deciding that a Missouri inmate may be executed by a lethal injection despite a rare condition that could cause him to suffocate, the Los Angeles Times reports.
By a 5-4 vote, the court rejected an appeal from Russell Bucklew, who maintained the state must seek out another method of execution, such as lethal gas, to carry out his execution.
Think Progress: Neil Gorsuchs majority opinion tosses out a basic assumption which animated the Courts understanding of what constitutes a cruel and unusual punishment for more than half a century. In the process, he writes that the state of Missouri may effectively torture a man to death so long as it does not gratuitously inflict pain for the sheer purpose of inflicting pain.
https://politicalwire.com/2019/04/01/court-rules-constitution-does-not-ensure-painless-execution/
I am opposed to the death penalty. Its totally useless. Living for decades behind bars is a far greater punishment.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Shameful. Utterly shameful.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)How did our society produce such heartless fuckers?
Blues Heron
(5,944 posts)Gorsuch is one of the most warped. Just absolutely twisted.
Blues Heron
(5,944 posts)He could have expanded the court, used the bully pulpit, etc etc etc instead, we get this shite. Same with Pelosi taking impeachment off the table for TWO monsters that deserved it.
Solly Mack
(90,787 posts)FakeNoose
(32,767 posts)This country gets sicker by the day!
edhopper
(33,616 posts)we must remember how the SCOTUS destroyed the country and who is to blame.
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Delmette2.0
(4,170 posts)ComradeFunk
(21 posts)edhopper
(33,616 posts)You can say he is a Mother fucking vile piece of cow shit that deserves to die of some painful form of cancer.
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