Jonah Goldberg: How Death Penalty Opponents Share the Blame for Botched Executions
Technicians failed twice to deliver pentobarbital, leaving Pike unconscious on a respirator and renewing debate over medical staffing in executions.
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The execution of Christa Pike fails; the mass murderer of Fort Hood is to be publicly shot. Both trigger a debate about the death penalty in the USA. However, it has been disputed since the founding of the Republic. And even botched executions are nothing new.
Jonah Goldberg: How death penalty opponents share the blame for botched executions
“Botched” is a perfectly fine word for golf, cooking, or home repair. It seems inadequate for the taking of a life, even the life of Christa Pike, a heinous murderer. In 1996, a jury found Pike guilty of the torture and murder of her Jobs Corps classmate, Colleen Slemmer. Pike was sentenced to death. In the 30 years since, her case has gone through at least seven major rounds of appeal and judicial review, including four petitions to the Supreme…
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