CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: CRUELTY AND COST (tags)
The recent execution of Angel Nieves Diaz in Jacksonville, Florida has outraged opponents of capital punishment nationwide due to the unusual length of time of the procedure and the apparent pain and suffering Angel Diaz appeared to experience. Stewart Alexander, with the Peace and Freedom Party, says, “The whole process of capital punishment is flawed and the PFP wants federal legislation to band capital punishment in all 50 states; too many mistakes have been made, it’s cruel and inhumane.”
A kinder, gentler way for the state to murder people - lethal chemical injections! (tags)
Attorneys, death-penalty foes outraged by 34-minute execution