Can a vein save a convicted killer? It the case of Romell Broom—it might. Broom was sentenced to death for raping and murdering 14-year-old Tryna Middleton on Sept. 21, 1984. Broom isn’t supposed to be alive to witness the 25th anniversary of Middleton’s death—but he is. Last Tuesday, the execution team at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility spent several hours trying unsuccessfully to find a viable vein for a lethal injection. Now, Ohio is faced with the difficult task of determining whether it can try to execute Broom a second time, after it botched the first attempt.
Broom’s execution was originally rescheduled for Sept. 22—but that won’t be his last day either. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost issued a 10-day temporary restraining order that will prohibit the second execution attempt from happening. A new execution date cannot be set unless someone, it could be the state or the victim’s family, files a motion with the Ohio Supreme Court. So far, no motion has been submitted. In the meantime, Broom’s attorney will begin to litigate U.S. Constitution, Ohio Constitution, and Ohio statutory claims on his client’s behalf. “Broom should not be executed because the state tried once and failed,” said Tim Sweeney, Broom’s defense attorney. Sweeney hopes Broom’s prison sentence will be converted from death row to life in prison.
#66, #68: Sigh… you can set up your hypothetical world in any way you want to justify whatever you want. Why stop there with that crime scenario? Let’s add that if we don’t execute the murderers, the world will stop spinning and plunge into the sun, killing all six billion of us. Wouldn’t that be justification for execution? huh? huh? Gotcha, says bobbo! You admitted you’re in favor of capital punishment! (bobbo does the happy little victory dance)
Sigh… you win, bobbo. If putting those guys in jail for life instead of executing them would cause the earth to fall into the sun, killing all 6 billion of us, I would definitely be in favor of capital punishment. Enjoy your happy little victory dance.
Phydeau–why are your panties in a bunch?
I’m not setting up any hypothetical world.
The hypothetical does not proceed according to “my” design but rather by how you answer. YOU have always been in control.
You still don’t respond with any understanding of what a hypothetical is. You are smart enough, must be something “emotional.”
So touchy. Imagine if it mattered?
# 78 bobbo, the dumb coward
“use any definition you can find in the dictionary. Note how distinctly different it is from how you used it. Note further I said so.”
Interesting, what is the “it” you are referring too, that is; which word?
You still persist in not posting your definition and then you say “Note further I said so”.
This infers you think of your self as the only authoritative reference here.
Circular logic, how convenient, how cowardly and how dumb.
“This infers you think of your self as the only authoritative reference here.” /// That is really stupid. My entire point is that myself and anyone else should use DICTIONARY MEANINGS of words. How is that making myself the only authority?
bobbo, if you don’t think you’re setting up a hypothetical situation in a hypothetical world in #68, then we really have no common ground to have a discussion on. I don’t know what words mean to you, apparently they don’t mean the same as what they mean to me. And having a debate over what words really mean would be boring to me.
Phydeau: “I don’t know what words mean to you,” //// Yea, I’ve kept that a mystery.
I don’t like the idea of the death penalty, but I don’t think I should let my emotions get in the way of proper justice.
Also, if they ever got rid of the death penalty and replaced it with life without parole, the anti-death-penalty liberals would start complaining about the inhumanity of life in prison, and insisting on parole and other things. So the death penalty makes a good buffer.
# 86 MikeN said, “…liberals would start complaining about the inhumanity of life in prison…”
Zero sum. They already do. No change.
I don’t know about the death penalty, but I’m pretty sure being poked with long needles by technicians for two hours is “cruel and unusual.”