Death row elder needed 2 injections

[IndianaGreen]

Death row elder needed 2 injections

SAN QUENTIN, California (AP) -- In the end, California's oldest condemned inmate did not seem quite as feeble as his attorneys made him out to be in their efforts to save his life.

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Having suffered a heart attack back in September, Allen had asked prison authorities to let him die if he went into cardiac arrest before his execution, a request prison officials said they would not honor.

"At no point are we not going to value the sanctity of life," said prison spokesman Vernell Crittendon. "We would resuscitate him," then execute him.

But the barrel-chested prisoner's heart was strong to the end: Doctors had to administer a second shot of potassium chloride to stop it.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/01/17/allen.death.ap/index.html

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Anyone else find Crittendon's statement ironic?

If the guy had had a heart attack when they placed him on the gurney, would they have done everything to save him just to turn around and kill him? This amounts to the same thing, really.

[BlueEyedSon]

4. Totally idiotic

[hippiechick]

8. How dare he try to die before they can kill him ?

The nerve! :sarcasm:

[baldguy]

13. Sick ironic

How can he say they "value the sanctity of life" when they're in the process of murdering a man?

[SlavesandBulldozers]

24. they are the leviathan

revenge is Theirs, sayeth Them.

[Scout1071]

25. Not only idiotic, but surely classified as "cruel and unusual punishment"

.

[Geo55]

35. Why do I keep getting this feeling

that I'm walking around in some Goerge Orwellian novel ?

[rodeodance]

2. The uptake and obsorption rate in the elderly is generally slower--any

good doctor would know this.

[kutastha]

12. uptake and absorption rate is slower...

of potassium chloride?

[laruemtt]

3. breathtaking in its stupidity:

"At no point are we not going to value the sanctity of life," said prison spokesman Vernell Crittendon. "We would resuscitate him," then execute him.

was crittendon even aware of what he said?! that's as rich as these prolifers who are pro-war. no disconnect here, uh-uh :crazy:

[Ben Ceremos]

6. Killers

killing a killer. American justice is non-existent. The purpose of all the grandstanding about human rights, etc. by the US gov't. is to provide the officially sanctioned murderers/executioners with a semblance of legitimacy. Killing a human is wrong, especially when avoidable, as was the case with Allen.

[fasttense]

5. What a heartless and cruel statement.

As if he being healthy justifies the death penalty. The culture of life..er corruption at its best.

[calico1]

7. OMG!

So they revive him because they value the sanctity of life? But they kill him afterward? Good god, how sick!

[liberalhistorian]

18. Just as sick are

prisons that want to force mentally ill death row inmates to take their medications so that they can be considered "sane" so that they can fry, gas, or inject them. Pretty goddamned sick, huh?

[IndianaGreen]

28. Exactly, particularly with the schizophrenic

whose brains are actually physically different, they medicate them just to fry them.

Fundies reject science, to them any mental disorder is caused by demons.

[Servotron]

36. That would explain Herr Chimperor

Sure he was a cokehead and an alcoholic for decades, but demonic possession makes much more sense in his case. :evilgrin:

[leftchick]

9. I bet he is a repuke

what a moran.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

10. Crittendon = total imbecile.

[Eugene]

11. We must not cheat the hangman!

So much for capital punishment at a defense against the most dangerous of the dangerous.
This is an old-fashioned case of ritual revenge. California had to make an example of Allen.

[kikiek]

14. That "sanctity of life" tem has become a favorte of the idiots. Its

originator must be proud. I nominate it for the bullshit cover all statement of the decade. It will be hard to beat. It has no true meaning, and is handily employed in statements that are self opposing. The favorite language of Bushies. Probably also used by the justices who wrote the dissenting view on the Orgeon assisted suicide law. They said you don't have the right to die. I am so confused.

[Rose Siding]

15. This Repub Ass (Repub Assemblyman) uses the Frist method of diagnosis

"For 76 years old, he looked to be in remarkably good shape," said Republican Assemblyman Todd Spitzer, who witnessed the execution as a member of a legislative committee debating a moratorium on the death penalty.

[Stockholm]

16. Jesus H. Christ

So-called "Pro-life" in all its glory! :crazy:

Quote of the day for the blogs

[Megahurtz]

31. You got that right.

I'll second that one.:crazy:

[Bill McBlueState]

17. what a bunch of sick fucks.

Same goes for any of the victims' families who might be rejoicing in his death.

[superconnected]

19. I hope the victims rejoice and feel vindicated.

And the Sick fucks who murder, get put down a lot more quickly now.

And the Sick fucks who don't see the difference between murder and punnishment for murder, well, I hope they never have a relative killed by one of these animals. This sick fuck was in his 40's when he had 3 people killed. He was completly culpable.

My only regret is he wasn't executed 30 years ago for it.

Amazing the interpretation of Sick Fuck, yes?

[arikara]

21. Wow... another sampling of "Pro-life" at its finest

And yet another example of sick f*...

Busy morning.

[customerserviceguy]

22. Exactly

He had people killed while he was in prison. The death penalty is the only possible sanction we have to deal with lifers that cannot get along with people, even when they are under 24/7 babysitting.

And while your comments on the differences between murder and the punishment for murder are lost on most here, I get them. There's a difference between the taking of an innocent life, and the termination of a guilty one.

[BuddhaGirl]

27. the "difference?"

"And while your comments on the differences between murder and the punishment for murder are lost on most here, I get them. There's a difference between the taking of an innocent life, and the termination of a guilty one."

If there's a difference, as you say, why is it that the majority of the nations in this world have abolished the death penalty? The U.S. and is one of the FEW among industrialized nations that continues this disgusting practice.

Seems the rest of the world knows there is NO difference - murder is murder. But I'm sure it is "lost" on you.

[IndianaGreen]

30. How many innocent Iraqis have been killed by Bush?

I am all for putting your philosophy to the test, let's apply it to the war criminals of the Bush dictatorship.

[IndianaGreen]

29. What's the point of a clemency petition when

all you want is revenge?

Let's see how Bush and all the fundies feel about the death penalty when they are the ones facing the gallows for their crimes.

[Solly Mack]

20. Next up: Death row inmate kept on life support until date of execution.

"Justice" must be served.


What a warped little country America is...

Revenge isn't justice. Never has been - never will be.

[Betty]

26. I'm just waiting for a Terry Shaivo type situation

someone on death row goes into a persistant vegetative state, and the same assholes who would want the person executed would insist on a feeding tube forever, because we cannot deny the santcity of life.

[Solly Mack]

32. Yeppers. And you just know it'll eventually happen

unreal

[jus_the_facts]

23. amazing nobody ever seems to realize that LIFE IN PRISON...

...is so much more inhumane than the death penalty...don't believe it...go spend a decade in prison and report back. :nopity:

on edit...if you're an advocate for life in prison...you're advocating torture... :think:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

33. K&R... Now, to make the DP reciprocal to judge & jury who convict

the innocent.

Than would slow it down a bit.

Throw in the DA as well.

[Rex]

34. Sanctity of life? What a pile of crap!

If they cared then why did the state kill him? What a stupid thing to say!