Nebraska Supremes Ban Ole Sparky February 9, 2008
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Just as I have used that phrase lately as a metaphor for Missouri executions (even though Missouri uses lethal injection), the Nebraska Supreme Court has declared that the state’s electric chair as a means of execution is unconstitutional.
AFP:
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that the electric chair, the only method used for executions in the state, violated human dignity and was therefore unconstitutional.
Confirming the death penalty imposed on Raymond Mata in 2000 for the murder of a three-year-old boy, the court said, however, that he should not be electrocuted.
“Electrocution’s proven history of burning and charring bodies is inconsistent with both the concepts of evolving standards of decency and the dignity of man,” the court said in its unanimous decision.
And I suppose that murdering a 3-year old boy is consistent with the evolving standards of decency and the dignity of man.
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