Torture by execution
by digby
I wrote earlier about this appalling case of a Mississippi man being scheduled for execution despite the fact that DNA was available and testing had not been done — and the state Supreme Court had ruled that there was no need to bother.
Something changed, thank goodness. The Supreme Court reversed itself and stayed the execution at the last minute.
Chris Hayes had the breaking details last night:
I think this system is a form of torture in itself. I cannot imagine the hell of knowing the exact hour you are going to die, preparing for it and then getting a last minute reprieve without knowing if, and when, it will be reinstated. Just another reason why the death penalty is a barbaric throwback to a more primitive time.
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