Bills that could bring back electric chair in SC headed to House, Senate floors

[TexasTowelie]

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A pair of bills in the South Carolina House and Senate that would make the electric chair the default mode of execution in the state are heading to the floor for debate in their respective chambers.

The House Judiciary Committee met Tuesday to advance the lower chamber’s bill on executions, voting 14-7. Four members did not vote.

The Senate bill is currently on the chamber’s calendar, but has not been discussed on the floor as lawmakers are currently busy debating a $500 million bond bill to improve Charleston’s port. Once senators finish discussing the bond bill, the execution bill could come up within the next few legislative days.

The bills are aimed at combating a nationwide shortage in lethal injection drugs, which has stopped South Carolina from carrying out two scheduled executions to date. The drug shortage was caused by manufacturers that sought to clamp down on how their products were being used. Companies have even gone to court to block the usage of their products in executions.

Read more: https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article249456615.html

[Botany]

1. Oh for the love of Dog don't they have other things to worry about or work on?

BTW I am against capital punishment because:

It takes too long and the person the state winds up killing is no longer the same person
who murdered somebody 10 or 20 years earlier.

It is hard on the victims families and friends with all the delays and stuff.

It costs more to execute somebody then to give 'em life w/no parole.

Too many people on death row have been found to be innocent.

But if we are going to have the law on the books just shoot 'em. It is 100% effective, quick, and painless
why mess around with all the lethal injection stuff?

[underpants]

2. Virginia did away with it yesterday

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/22/politics/virginia-death-penalty-bill-northam/index.html
We used to be right there with Texas in killing people.

[Under The Radar]

3. We have to examine the brains of the people that want others electrocuted

Chances are that they really preferred that one race of person get it over other races.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. Remind me again about the exceptions in that thing

(I believe it's one of the "Ten Commandments&quot about not killing.

A Jewish friend some years back said the original Hebrew is short and to the point. No kill.