This CNN article states that the Supreme Court will look into Oklahoma's death penalty protocol. Attorney General Scott Pruitt asked if the execution of three death row inmates could be postponed until after the Supreme Court makes its decision. There has been recent uproar over the death penalty in Oklahoma because of the botched execution nine months ago of Clayton Lockett. One particular drug is being questioned-- midazolam-- which some say is a "cruel and unusual punishment."
I think that it is good the Supreme Court is looking into this state's death penalty. Although the death penalty will not go away because of this, I think it is good to have national attention towards the fact that killing people is not right-- even if they are just debating over one drug. I hope that someday we will not have a death penalty. Two wrongs do not make a right; two deaths do not make justice.
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ReplyDeleteFirst off, I find it ironic when people say that an execution was botched, but the inmate still died. Irony aside, it is a good thing that the Supreme Court is reviewing lethal injection protocol. If we are to abolish the death penalty, it must be done in gradual steps so that the prison system has time to prepare. I have to disagree with your second paragraph a bit. I think the national attention is not so much that killing inmates is wrong, but how the method of killing inmates is wrong. Also, in this case two wrongs may not make a right, but it does make the world a little bit safer.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I deleted this comment initially because I spelled some words wrong.
I agree that the method of death penalty is cruel and unusual but my alternative probably wouldn't go over well either. The two wrongs do not make a right is very true but unfortunately that is how it works out sometimes.
ReplyDeleteWhile I doubt that we will ever truly get rid of the death penalty, I agree that execution isn't an effective form of punishment. First, it removes any chance of reform. Second, if information appears that puts their conviction in doubt- they're dead. And it has been proved that people have been given a death sentence and then proven innocent. So if they're innocent and dead, justice has not been done. Third, I would argue that years in prison might be more punishing than an instant death. Someone can do horrible crimes thinking 'I want to die, might as well go out with a bang'.
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