Ugh

by digby

From Jeralyn:

Christopher Newton was put to death like a dog in Ohio yesterday. The execution took two hours and ten attempts…

It took so long that the staff paused to allow Newton a bathroom break.

It’s bad enough that in the year 2007, the state still finds it necessary to commit highly ritualized random executions, but it’s incomprehensible that the state is also unable to find a way to kill someone without it turning into a sideshow. I have to wonder if they don’t actually do it on purpose. More fun for the folks.

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