KFI:
Arkansas lawmakers are struggling to find enough volunteers to watch 8 death row inmate executions scheduled to happen in April.
An interesting state law requires 6 to 12 witnesses per execution to ensure that it’s carried out, but not enough people are stepping forward to watch.
A Department of Correction spokesperson says they’re taking informal approaches to find witnesses, but they’re confident they’ll find people in time.
At a Little Rock Rotary Club, the Director of the DOC hosted a presentation, and then casually asked the audience if anybody wanted to come watch the executions.
The Club’s President said:
“Temporarily there was a little laugh from the audience because they thought she might be kidding… it quickly became obvious that she was not kidding. It’s a very sobering thought.”
If you want to volunteer to watch, you can write to the DOC director: MORE HERE
Put it on YouTube. I love to see savages sent to hell.
Require the penalty phase jurors to be the witnesses.
offer the job to inmates, reward their own steak dinner.
Put it on Pay Per View to help pay the states debts.
Put it on Facebook, then their friends can all comment on their final moments and how if it was them they’d go out all gansta’ style.
Ooh ! Ooh! My Baby goan be on the TV Tonight !!!!
Do they sell popcorn? Might be a good “date night”.
Where’s Brad ? I bet he’s buying airfare to Arkansas
All they have to do is tell people the State will waive their car registration fees (or some similar minor tax) for the next year. Throw in a couple of free lottery scratch-offs, and they’ll have witnesses out the wazoo.
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I made it to the final phase of jury selection for the Dylann Roof trial. Had I been selected, I would have voted guilty. I would have voted death. And I would have volunteered as a witness to his execution. No problems.
Can I bring outside snacks or do I have to buy from the prison commissary?
Coordinate the executions with a automatic firearms shooting event like Knob Creek and you will have all the spectators you need:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khmtMmDfOu0
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Do it in front of a Planned Parenthood Clinic with a big banner saying “at least he has a reason to to be aborted.”
You will also get all the executioners you need.
It’s execution by lethal injection, something that occurs everyday everywhere, especially in cities. Recruiting addicts to watch a state sanctioned OD should be easy.
I mean, seeing an OD would not be a unique experience for drug addicts.
Just label the inmates as liberals…… should be easy to draw a crowd.
John & Ken on KFI talked about possibly going to Arkansas for the duration to witness all the executions. They should broadcast them live. Maybe have it in a circus atmosphere like they did with the debates last year.
tom@drum, I’ll sneak Milk Duds and Red Vines in; see you there!
Excellent opportunity for IOTWers to get together for a real pissup.
I may even consider going if someone organized it. Would Arkansas pick up the tab?
They can’t round up 12 homeless people?
I’m good with wires, can I be of assistance? HELLO!
oh please!!!! … put this in any local venue with a bleacher section (rec park) or local county fair & you’d have witnesses out the wazoo
get real
Line their heads up side to side and see how far different bullets penetrate.
I read the headline too fast and got excited thinking Arkansas was asking for volunteer executioners.
For witnesses I agree any public venue would do. Scene of the original crime/s seems fitting.
Courthouse steps at noon also suits me.
I’m for bringing back public gallows. The visual makes a useful reminder to the simpleminded.
Anybody wanna give me $2,500 for tickets? Hell
I’ll attend all of them if that happens!
For real justice to be done in this country the executions would be public and you wouldn’t need to worry about how many witnesses there were. I also think they should be hangings, not some easy way out like lethal injections.