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Oklahoma

Botany

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3. 18 years later?

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Sat Jan 4, 2025, 09:01 AM

Jan 4

I am against the death penalty but dragging the man slowly down a gravel road behind a horse
and stopping to pour salt on his wounds is not penalty enough for what he did. Mentally ill no
doubt but if we have this law on the books then this is a case for it.

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Oklahoma man dies by lethal injection in the nation's final execution of 2024 [View all] Emile Jan 4 OP

Perfect candidate for execution. WHY did it take 18 YEARS. Callie1979 Jan 4 #1

Executing the mentally ill. Not a good look. marble falls Jan 4 #2

18 years later? Botany Jan 4 #3

You just endorsed executing mentally ill people SCantiGOP Jan 4 #4

I know it is a contradiction and the man was mentally ill but just the heinous nature of his crimes ... Botany Jan 4 #6

Yep. And mentally ill folks are rarely violent to this level. Callie1979 Jan 4 #5