Question: How exactly is a second execution attempt (after a botched lethal injection) unconstitutional?
Answer: According to most constitutions, you’re only allowed to kill someone once (or usually not at all). Even in a lot of medieval societies they had clauses that allowed condemned people to go free if the rope they were being hanged with or the gallows malfunctioned three times. It was considered very unlikely, but I have a story somewhere of a guy it happened to.
Re-Answer from the person asking the Question: Huh, that’s dumb. If people wanted them dead enough to try executing them the first time it seems strange they would care that they are putting the inmate through it a second time. I guess governments are just wacky that way!
Personally, if the person is guilty I don’t give a damn how many times it takes to kill them, in fact some of those guys deserve it to be as long and drawn out as possible.
But then you have to decide if anyone ever really knows if a person is guilty blah blah blah. Dude was prob innocent that got executed in texas in 04, blah blah blah. Don’t care much, most people who end up on death row are guilty. (some days I have a little more empathy, just not today)
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