Kent Scheidegger
Kent Scheidegger
adds deserves exchange notes people punishment question sentenced whether
People can exchange notes with him if they want, but I don't think it really adds anything. The question is whether he deserves the punishment he was sentenced to, and I don't find much enlightening in these discussions.
band issue jumping meat
They are all jumping on the band wagon. They have an issue with more meat than they had before.
cases guy sentence
These are all cases where we already have the right guy and the sentence is long overdue.
case delay length reason
There's just no reason for that length of a delay in that kind of case where you know you've got the right guy.
appear major shaping
It doesn't appear to be shaping up as a major issue.
chance lethal thrown
There is practically no chance that lethal injection as such would be thrown out. I would like to see the uncertainty done with.
figure heads trying
Everybody's scratching their heads trying to figure out what's going on.
adopted amended protocol
It may be that an amended protocol is adopted and upheld.
high
It's down from the all-time high and up from the all-time low.
believe certainly painless torture
We're not going to torture people, but I don't believe there is a right to a painless execution, and certainly there is no guarantee. In the real world, nothing is 100 percent.
court doubt execution imagine inmate onto requiring state supreme
I have no doubt that every inmate nearing execution will glom onto this. But I can't imagine the Supreme Court requiring a state to do something that can't be done.
fix holds
If the provision holds up, it should fix the problem.
gives succeed
The uncertainty gives them ammunition. How many executions they will actually succeed in delaying is unknown.