Electrocution Is Banned in Last State to Rely on It

[ZombieHorde]

By ADAM LIPTAK

The electric chair is cruel and unusual punishment, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday. The decision effectively suspended executions there, as Nebraska is the only state that still relies solely on electrocution, which was once the dominant form of execution in the United States.

“The evidence here shows that electrocution inflicts intense pain and agonizing suffering,” Justice William M. Connolly wrote for the majority in a 6-to-1 decision.

The state’s attorney general, Jon Bruning, said he would “move to the legislative process to get a new method of execution.”

Working on a clean slate, Nebraska may opt for a form of lethal injection that does not rely on the combination of three chemicals that is the subject of a pending challenge in the United States Supreme Court. It may also explore entirely different methods of execution.

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Sweet! More to this story at link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/us/09penalty.html

[jgraz]

1. Damn. George Bush is safe now.

Does anybody still use firing squads?

[Richard D]

2. Far to noble for him . . .

. . . death of a thousand cuts would be more fitting.

[apocalypsehow]

3. Good. The next step should be the outlawing of this barbaric

practice of execution in Nebraska. I only wish it was nationwide!

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. " electrocution, which was once the dominant form of execution in the United States."

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We don't have a death penalty in Canada

We don't allow personal weapons like handguns

Our death rate from handguns/rifles etc, is much lower that of the USA.

So we would listen to the USA ,

why???

[ZombieHorde]

5. Canada may be less violent then the U.S.

But we have Cherry Coke all the time! :beer: