Oldest Death Row Inmate

[Anaxogoras]

who are these several people?  Give names? dates of death? places of death?   

Here is one that is suspicious:
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/flJacobsSummary.html

[RightF00T]

Its not a disservice if there is evidence AND witnesses that convict him of the murder.

There was bogus evidence and coerced witnesses in this book as well...the main character was eventually cleared by DNA evidence that was conveniently ignored during the first trial.   This is obviously the exception, but you get my point.

[Yeager]

There was bogus evidence and coerced witnesses in this book as well...the main character was eventually cleared by DNA evidence that was conveniently ignored during the first trial.   This is obviously the exception, but you get my point.

Well hell....no one will EVAR Get a fair trial so lets just do away with the whole damned concept of justice.  Fend fer yerselves heathens!!!

[Ack-Ack]

That's the trouble with it all.  You're never 100% sure if they did it.  It's like trying to get to the speed of light.

-Penguin

While in some cases it may be true but in others, 100% certainty has been proven without a doubt.  Ted Bundy and Timothy McVeigh are just some examples were it has been shown without a shadow of a doubt they were 100% guilty of the crimes they were executed for.


ack-ack

[CAP1]

Penguin the heading on that wikipedia page is more or less telling you that the information shouldn't be quoted.  Is there only one citation for that whole passage?

here's one from kalifornia

http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/reports_research/Lethal_Injection.html


more

http://www.scienceline.org/2007/11/12/ask-sergo-deathpenalty/

http://people.howstuffworks.com/lethal-injection6.htm

[Anaxogoras]

Well hell....no one will EVAR Get a fair trial so lets just do away with the whole damned concept of justice.  Fend fer yerselves heathens!!!

[Penguin]

Penguin the heading on that wikipedia page is more or less telling you that the information shouldn't be quoted.  Is there only one citation for that whole passage?

Oy, anax, you really love to make us work.  I'll get you your nice hot steamy bowl of cited passages. 

This is what happens: http://people.howstuffworks.com/lethal-injection2.htm 

And as for what leaves them dead:

The Process
•The prisoner is bound to a gurney; two needles are inserted into the prisoner's veins and a saline solution is injected.
•Sodium thiopental, an anesthetic, is injected to put the prisoner to sleep.
•Pavulon, or pancuronium bromide, is released, inducing paralysis and stopping breathing.
•Finally, the flow of potassium chloride stops the heart. This chemical can cause excruciating pain if the prisoner is still conscious.

Courtesy of: http://www.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/lethal-injection/page.do?id=1101012