https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt en-us 2017-04-19 15:34:36 UTC 2017-05-01 16:03:01 UTC hello@padlet.com ecashish20 https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167051558 http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=&displayGroupName=Viewpoints&currPage=&dviSelectedPage=&scanId=&query=&source=&prodId=OVIC&search_within_results=&p=OVIC&mode=view&catId=&u=j243905&limiter=&display-query=&displayGroups=&contentModules=&action=e&sortBy=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010955214&windowstate=normal&activityType=&failOverType=&commentary=]]> 2017-04-19 15:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167051558 ecashish20 https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167051718 "Tory politician of the 18th century, said, "Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer." The death penalty is irreversible, so it is critical that it be used on the actual killer. "]]> 2017-04-19 15:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167051718 ecashish20 https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167053069 "The available evidence indicates that the death penalty does not reduce murder rates. FBI Unified Crime reports show that states with the death penalty have homicide rates 48-101% higher than states without the death penalty."]]> 2017-04-19 15:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167053069 ecashish20 https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167053818 "One reason why the death penalty might not deter criminals is that most murders are committed in a fit of rage, after an intense argument, when people rarely consider the consequences of their actions. Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno said: "I have inquired for most of my adult life about studies that might show that the death penalty is a deterrent. And I have not seen any research that would substantiate that point.""]]> 2017-04-19 15:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167053818 ecashish20 https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167053975 "Of the 22,000 murders that occur each year in the U.S., about 1% result in death sentences. Which 1% depends largely on the effectiveness of the attorney, which often depends on how much money the accused has. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, "People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.""]]> 2017-04-19 15:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167053975 ecashish20 https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167054919 "The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states: "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." According to the U.S. Supreme Court, punishment is cruel and unusual if it is too severe for the crime, arbitrary, is rejected throughout society, and is not more effective than a less severe penalty."]]> 2017-04-19 15:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167054919 ecashish20 https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167056782 "According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), "The capital punishment system is discriminatory and arbitrary and inherently violates the Constitutional ban against cruel and unusual punishment. The ACLU opposes the death penalty in all circumstances, and looks forward to the day when the United States joins the majority of nations in abolishing it.""]]> 2017-04-19 15:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167056782 ecashish20 https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167057548 " A prisoner generally dies within seven minutes of receiving a lethal injection. Drugs for lethal injections in the United States were obtained from Europe, where the death penalty is illegal. ]]> 2017-04-19 15:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167057548 ecashish20 https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167057630  "In a 2014 Ohio case, Dennis McGuire received a lethal injection of two new drugs (midazolam + hydromorphone). The drugs took 26 minutes to kill McGuire, as he physically struggled, choked, and gasped for air. "]]> 2017-04-19 15:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167057630 ecashish20 https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167058181  "In a 2006 Florida case, Angel Nieves Diaz died 34 minutes after receiving a lethal injection. The needle apparently went through his vein and into soft tissue deep in his arm. Eyewitness reports indicate that Diaz was still moving and attempting to speak (or, perhaps, scream) more than 20 minutes into the execution."]]> 2017-04-19 15:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167058181 ecashish20 https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167058252 "In 1999 Allen Lee Davis was electrocuted in Florida. "Before he was pronounced dead ... the blood from his mouth had poured onto the collar of his white shirt, and the blood on his chest had spread to about the size of a dinner plate, even oozing through the buckle holes on the leather chest strap holding him to the chair." Florida Supreme Court Justice Leander Shaw said that Davis "was brutally tortured to death by the citizens of Florida.""]]> 2017-04-19 15:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ecashish20/91zgun6i94wt/wish/167058252