WHICH IS WORSE, TORTURE OR EXECUTION? [+] serious ballot by Barbara_Baby_Cakes created Fri Dec 15, 06 OCALA, Fla. - Lethal injection, the preferred method of execution in the U.S., came under fire in two states Friday, with a federal judge in California saying the capital punishment method is unconstitutional and Florida officials pledging to re-examine the system there following a botched execution earlier this week. In Florida, Gov. Jeb Bush suspended all executions in the state after a medical examiner said that prison officials improperly inserted needles in the arm of Angel Nieves Diaz on Wednesday. Because of the error, it took 34 minutes — twice as long as usual — and required a rare second dose of lethal chemicals to kill the convicted murderer, the examiner said. In the California case, a federal judge imposed a moratorium on executions and declared that the state’s method of lethal injection violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Diaz, 55, was put to death for murdering the manager of a Miami topless bar during a holdup in 1979. Executions in Florida normally take no more than about 15 minutes, with the inmate rendered unconscious and motionless within three to five minutes. But Diaz appeared to be moving 24 minutes after the first injection, grimacing, blinking, licking his lips, blowing and appearing to mouth words. As a result of the chemicals going into Diaz’s arms around the elbow, he had a 12-inch chemical burn on his right arm and an 11-inch chemical burn on his left arm, Hamilton said. Florida Corrections Secretary James McDonough said the execution team did not see any swelling of the arms, which would have been an indication that the chemicals were going into tissues and not veins. Diaz’s attorney, Suzanne Myers Keffler, reacted angrily to the findings. What say you all, which is worse, torture or execution? Yes/no, cruel and unusual punishment? Torture is worse... Execution is worse... Yes, definitely cruel... No, he got what was coming to him, alittle torture, shucks, I didn't feel anything... Being stabbed to death Ballot #106886 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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