Execution Is First Since Ruling
Georgia executed killer William Earl Lynd last night, ending a more than seven-month nationwide hiatus on capital punishment prompted by the Supreme Court’s examination of lethal injection.Lynd’s execution at 7:51 p.m. was the first since the court ruled April 16 that the three-drug protocol most commonly used in executions by states and the federal government did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
“It was not something we wanted to necessarily be first at. It was just the fact that this had been there,” Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) said at an earlier news conference, according to the Associated Press.
No doubt Lynd was a horrible human being who was convicted of killing two women. Still, putting him to death changes absolutely nothing and arguably shortens his penance.
Comments on this Entry:
(innerredneckexposed on
May 7, 2008 1:02 AM)
in general i don’t know if i support the DP. i mean, ive told my family that if i were ever murdered i dont want who ever did it to recieve the death penalty. Then again, i have no sympathy for some heinous crimes. idk dont ask me what i believe.
(jac1975 on
May 7, 2008 10:54 AM)
At the risk of almost sounding like a Republican, I’m all for the death penalty… so long as you have the guilty party. I wouldn’t want any doubt whatsoever, and I’d also strongly prefer DNA evidence of some kind. I’d also like to see the penalty administered fairly, so that no matter your color or class, if you do X, you die. No special deals.
I look at the death penalty as state-sponsored vengeance, and I don’t have a real problem with that. Some people just don’t deserve to live.
(Sara Wara on
May 7, 2008 3:07 PM)
I oppose the death penalty in all cases and am sick to think that Georiga has resumed killing people in the name of the state.
When they schedule Troy Anthony Davis’ execution, I’m going down there for a freaking vigil. This is just wrong.
(Skyler Akins on
May 7, 2008 8:16 PM)
Since when does killing people prove that killing people is wrong?
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