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A man convicted of killing his girlfriend, her mother and a man he claimed owed him $2,000 is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday in what would be a record 11th execution in the state of Florida this year.
Curtis Windom, 59, would become the 30th person executed this year in the U.S., with Florida leading the way behind a flurry of death warrants signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. A 12th man, David Joseph Pittman, 63, is scheduled to be put to death in Florida on Sept. 17. More
It has taken almost 33 years for justice to prevail. But at least it has.
“It has taken almost 33 years for justice to prevail”
And this is why the death penalty in its current iteration is cruel and unusual punishment……………for the family of the victims.
I would prefer it be done away with altogether, and with that, make prison time unpleasant.
Here is how prison should look; 23 hours stuck in your cell with one hour of exercise each day, alone. Your meals are slid through your door on a tray. No TV, no internet, no books, and no interacting with other inmates. Each day is just as miserable as all your other days.
Keeping the death penalty can only work if there is a limit on appeal time, say one year. Justice delayed is justice denied.
Just use Fentanyl. It’s good enough for everyone else.
The first thing newscum did was shut down the gas chamber. Now why do you suppose a serial criminal would do that?
And he turned death row into a rehab center.
We really need to bring back the “He just needed killing” defense. But that’s just me…
should be a long drop at the end of a rope.
I would still prefer to see executions in public employing the guillotine;
it might cause murderers to think twice.
I don’t trust the state. Start there.
I don’t trust the state to convict and execute the right guy.
So, I propose a requirement for execution. Two witnesses testify that they saw this guy do the crime. Those witnesses will be themselves executed if they lie. Plus, the entirety of their estates will be taken so that none of their family receive anything. Plus, their family will be billed for the costs of execution. GoFundMe and the like will not be allowed.
In absence of such testimony, the perp does hard time. No TV. No radio, No laying around. Work, work, work. No nothing but four empty walls, a thin mattress, and one meal/day.
Access to legal counsel allowed Only for the purpose to prove your innocence.
Any person, or group of people, who attempt to intercede on behalf of the perp will be subject to criminal felony.
crazy Charlie, your comment suggests you are ignorant of the criminal mind.
That which normal people see as detriment, the criminal mind may very well see as attractive. To go out in a blaze of glory, so may think the crim, is mighty attractive.
Perhaps a means of execution, in isolation, no media coverage whatsoever, buried up to ones neck, facing the afternoon sun, would have one think twice Perhaps.
For extra cruelty, they should force him to listen to taylor swift music as he’s being killed.
@Bob — Yours is an attractive proposal. I would add one thing, though, and that is in addition to the daily single meal, he’s offered a suicide pill once a month.
At the bottom of his plate for the last meal, there should be a noticeable pubic hair.
No sob stories about the killer. If reporters want to do a sob story, they have to do it about the victim(s)
Any suicide pill has to have pubic hair sticking out of it
Rich Taylor-
23 hrs in a cell all to yourself…?
Oh, no no no no…..how about 50 to 20×40 cell with one hole in the floor and nowhere to sit but the ground. With a 5′ ceiling, and no windows. A squeeze chute to get in or out. They’ll sort themselves out.
Lil Amo love love love your idea