Arizona Inmate Was ‘Alive’ and ‘Gasping’ for Air More Than One Hour Into Execution, His Lawyers Say

Arizona Inmate Was ‘Alive’ and ‘Gasping’ for Air More Than One Hour Into Execution, His Lawyers Say. Perhaps they should give the executioner a pistol and if the drugs don’t work right they can just blow the executionee’s brains out and get it over with. As per usual, not one thought about the person(s) murdered or their families.

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  • ABC had a headline online stating that the victim's family had no sympathy for the man who took two hours to die... yes.... ABC stated that the victim's family had no sympathy for him as in, they are bad for not having some sympathy for the man... that actually happened...

  • Ask me if I care. I care about those that he unmercifully killed. I care about the family members who had their loved ones taken. He got what he deserved.

  • "Arizona Inmate Was ‘Alive’ and ‘Gasping’ for Air More Than One Hour Into Execution, His Lawyers Say."

    Weird. It sounds almost as if his lawyers think there's something wrong with that. Or is it just me?

  • He committed these crimes in 1989. He sat around for a quarter of a century with health bennies, library, good food (Not slop) and sex with his other inmates. Life was good to this cockroach. Then he had the balls to SMILE AT THE FAMILY VICTIMS just before they ran the jenkem into him. Burn Mofo burn.

  • Andrea Tantarous (?) said that she moderated her stance because she is pro-life and she feels that she needs to choose life and respect all life even those of criminals AND because of times when indeed there were serious mistakes OR through issues of racism or other problems there were people that should have not been executed/never been on death row (and later set free).

    Okay...

    first of all I cannot equate in ANYWAY an innocent child/fetus that had no chance to make a decision to a person on death row. Protecting the truly innocent is one thing, protecting or caring about people like these is another completely different thing and has no comparison whatsoever.

    You can feel awful and fight for those that are completely unable to fight for their own lives like children/fetuses and have no issue with the death penalty. There is no hypocrisy. Let's be real not ALL life is the same. It isn't. The reason is because not all life is truly innocent and there are degrees here. I am pro-life (for children/fetuses) and at the same time feel that those that had more than enough time to appeal for a change in their verdict once found guilty and the evidence is irrefutable, should just be put to death.

    If I murder someone in cold blood and show NO REPENTANCE for over two decades, you can judge me. Judge me ALL you want. Judge me left and right. Judge me. Don't pity me and don't feel bad. Go ahead and judge me.

    There is nothing redeemable about an un repentant murderer. Children/Fetuses cannot be compared to them.

    Second, although unfortunate the times when mistakes were made (or there was racism, etc) that caused a truly innocent person to loose their lives or to be in death row for way too long are minimal in comparison. Thankfully with the advance in technology and with the increasingly "selfie" culture where there are cameras everywhere, it is becoming truly hard for the wrong person to be incarcerated for VERY LONG or sent to death, etc. We have to learn from the past.

    Now I do agree that people need to make a decision: Are we re-educating/rehabilitating? Are we punishing? Are we trying to deter? Or simply separating people from the general population?

  • This isall due to the confusion among Americans on the purpose of incarceration. And execution. We can't decide if we want to rehabilitate, punish, make examples of criminals.

  • Bring back Sparky. Death by electrocution is extremely painless, even if it DOES look rather gruesome. I'll volunteer to throw the switch.

  • Why is this national news?! It is on TV and everything like this is some kind of story.

    He killed his ex-girlfriend and her Father (?) in 1991... 19 FREAKING 91.... he died just a few days ago?! Like really? Am I really supposed to be feel bad for this guy?

    It took all of this decades for their family to receive justice (earthly). Did he apologize? Did he accept what he did? Did he ask for forgiveness? Did he just accept his fate and saved tax payers money and the family grief?

    Nope. So again... why is this national news? Why do I have to see his disgusting and evil face everywhere and who the heck cares about the fact that he suffered for a minute? It is what it is. He murdered and there was irrefutable proof and he was found guilty and sentenced. He got to wait around and spend our money and to waste time living in a certain type of luxury while justice languished. His victims didn't have that luxury to live as long as he did.

    Like I said above. Find the cheapest method of capital punishment and get rid of the scum on death row. If there is doubt on any of them revisit their case with fresh eyes and technology and if there is irrefutable evidence that they did do it, get rid of them and move on.