Yes, California revived this man from a heart attack, then executed him

[Thtwudbeme]

Yes, you all read that correctly. Revived him for death row.

Allen, who was blind and mostly deaf, suffered from diabetes and had a nearly fatal heart attack in September only to be revived and returned to death row, was assisted into the death chamber by four large correctional officers and lifted out of his wheelchair.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060117/ap_on_re_us/california_execution

Brilliant. This is just fucking brilliant.

[ixion]

1. we are an extremely cruel species

on so many levels. :-(

[still_one]

2. I wonder if the person who revived him from the heart attack

also gave him the lethal injection

[Bill McBlueState]

3. there's going to be a post on this thread soon

Someone's going to say, "Well, nobody was around to revive his VICTIMS!!!111" like that somehow justifies what happened.

Sorry, I'm just bitter about the johnny one-notes who defend barbarism like this.

[lukasahero]

4. Yup, because it's not about "justice" it's about revenge

The death penalty, as much as people want to say it's about removing the "dangerous" from our society, is really just about power. It's not about death, it's about punishment. They don't want the guilty to die, they want to be the ones who kill them.

[mrcheerful]

5. Unless your from Texas, then the DP is a brith right.

[Burma Jones]

6. self delete

wrong thread

[lectrobyte]

7. Reviving him was probably the right thing to do at the time -- what

if his sentence had been overturned or commuted to life or something. It was 3 months ago.