Monday, February 03, 2014

...Or maybe Missouri Officials are the worst?

What's the hurry? Afraid you won't get to flip the switch?
It is 2014, not 1964 or 1914, and yet on Wednesday night a black man in Missouri, a black man convicted by an all-white jury, was executed before his federal appeals had been exhausted. He was executed just moments after reportedly being hauled away by prison guards while he was in the middle of a telephone call discussing his appeals with one of his attorneys. He was executed even though state officials knew that the justices of the United States Supreme Court still were considering his request for relief.

5 comments:

feralcrj said...

what would jesus do?

the lack of humanity in this is worse than criminal, it's institutionally sanctioned, and therefore as evil as mankind can get.

way to go, nust make those ossified nascent hearts of the powers that be in that state go pitty pat...

Anonymous said...

Cue Lee Greenwood!!!!!!

pansypoo said...

wow. that sounds legal.

Anonymous said...

Because cruelty is not a means to an end for authoritarians, it's an end in itself.

Anonymous said...

Wheel of Fortune was coming on and that was their favorite show. Can't blame 'em fer dat.