Break out the wood chipper?

Well since the last execution by lethal injection didn't go so hot, a current Mo. death row inmate is of course challanging his. Might be too painful ,waaaa. The guy killed somebody, raped another and shot at a copIf he's so afraid of the needle, bring on the woodchipper! I say, give 'em the choice of the two.Or better yet,break out ol' sparky and make percy in charge of wetting the sponge.

But seriously, how hard is it to kill someone? What about simple overdosing on fentonyl, propofol or something?Once you're under, that's it. I know for a fact that when a person gets so drugged, they haven't the faintest clue of what's reality and what isn't(I spent the better half of a year drugged, don't remember much more than the hallucinations). Or just keep it simple, woodchipper

"A Missouri death-row inmate is trying to stop his execution on the grounds that a tumor in his head would make the lethal injection "bloody, prolonged and excruciating."

Convicted murderer and rapist Russell Bucklew — dubbed a "homicidal Energizer bunny" by one prosecutor — was born with a medical condition that causes malformed vessels to form in his head, face and throat, leading to hemorrhages and bleeding difficulty..."

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/lethal-injection/missouri-inmate-challenges-lethal-injection-based-birth-defect-n101646

All of these convicted murdering animals deserve to die , they get no sympathy from me. Shoot, fry, hang or inject them. Enough of the whack job do gooder liberal wrist wringers. Get the hell out of the way and let justice be served.

This one we agree on Doc.

By Law Missouri authorizes capital punishment by lethal injection or lethal gas; the statute leaves unclear who decides what method to use, the inmate or the Director of the Missouri Department of Corrections.

Perhaps it is time to test the Director of the Missouri Department of Correction's authority.

A convict sentenced to execution costs the taxpayers millions of dollars in "appeals", and will sit on death row for too many years. In air conditioned cells, with television, visitations, recreation, education, and health care.

Quit coddling those heinous villains, quit giving those convicts so many "rights", put them in a cell, feed them "survival rations", take away their entertainment, etc, and quickly carry out the sentence imposed by a jury of their peers.

Perhaps "we" should revert to Medieval ways of execution. Who says the death sentence should be "easy" on the scum of the earth?

Yeah, "we" may get it wrong once in a great awhile. But the death penalty certainly does not appear to be a deterrent for the criminals. There must be thousands on death row, and only a handful of sentences carried out each year.

Sheesh.

It's all relative. If you ask a death row inmate if they would prefer injection, with a slight chance of discomfort for a minute or two, the woodchipper, or my favorite "drawn and quartered" , they should go for the injection every time. I wish that the people who want to coddle these monsters would be forced to view over and over what these people did to their victims.

The basis for restrictions on the Death Penalty in the United States is the Eight Amendment to the Constitution: "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." So the "easy" answer to RoadTrip's question is the authors of the US Constitution.

[DonDiego opines applying the term "easy" to a discussion of the death penalty might well add more heat than light to the debate.]

Actually the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment originated in Great Britain in The Magna Carta of 1215: "A free man shall not be [fined] for a small offense unless according to the measure of the offense, and for a great offense he shall be [fined] according to the greatness of the offense." And the specific text of the 8th Amendment was essentially lifted from the 1689 English Bill of Rights.

But exactly what constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment" has changed over the years as public opinion and Supreme Court decisions establishing that the punishment must be in proportion to the crime, deciding that some capital crimes established by State Legislatures are no longer punishable by the death sentence, ruling that citizens under the age of 18 and the mentally retarded are not subject to capital punishment, . . . but also explicitly finding that lethal injection, hanging, the firing squad and the electric chair are not cruel and unusual.

[DonDiego supposes that recent unpleasantness with the application of lethal injection will likely result in that method of execution being tossed in the not too distant future. The most likely replacement could be nitrogen asphyxiation.]

In his brief meandering about the internets to research this post DonDiego found a lengthy exposition of the 8th Amendment and its history posted at a Cornell Law School website. It's way too long for poor old DonDiego to read, but the interested reader might find hours of amusement there.

Nitrogen asphyxiation sounds perfect, I need a kidney!

"Its first observable symptom is loss of conscious sensation, a primary goal in a humane execution. It involves no physical trauma, nor the use of any deadly drugs; in fact, the executed prisoner's organs will even be suitable for donation, should he so elect..."

In my book, anyone deserving the death penalty automatically qualifies for death by woodchipper. End of this asinine discussion.

One can use the old stand by...

Off with their heads...