It was Davis's fourth execution date, and it was dragged out, for more than four hours, to what must have been tortuous effect for the prisoner and his family.
Capital punishment is probably a relic that we no longer need and should be trying to outgrow, but this system that allows these constant, dramatic, last minute stays of execution is barbaric. Far worse than just being sentenced to death and killed. I'd wager that the founding fathers would find this cruel and unusual and be appalled.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 18.1 ms ] threadCapital punishment is probably a relic that we no longer need and should be trying to outgrow, but this system that allows these constant, dramatic, last minute stays of execution is barbaric. Far worse than just being sentenced to death and killed. I'd wager that the founding fathers would find this cruel and unusual and be appalled.
Related article: "Troy Davis: 10 reasons why he should not be executed" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/21/troy-davis-10-re...
America is a crazy place.