The death penalty has its
fair share of supporters and fair share of people who are against it. It has
been one of the most talked about topics up for debate. In Arkansas, there are
6 death row inmates scheduled to die by lethal injection this month but have asked
the Supreme Court to reverse a federal appeals court order and uphold a
district court's injunction that stop the executions temporarily.
The
district court found that the inmates were likely to show that the lethal
injection drug protocol "entails a substantial risk of harm. In a
statement, Scott Braden, the attorney for 2 of the inmates said his clients
were denied access to mental health workers, even though they clearly demonstrated
that mental health issues would be significant factors at their trials. One has
severe and life-long schizophrenia and the other has organic brain damage and
intellectual disability.
On a
side note, Arkansas' supply of a drug used in lethal injections called
Midazolam is set to expire at the end of this month. This drug has been used in
quite a few botched injections in other states.
This debate about the death penalty was something that has been going on for a while, man people cannot decide to keep it or leave it alone. Nice post
ReplyDeleteThis issue is something that is hard to talk about due to people's strong views on it.
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