My Blather.... July 25th; Let The Whining Begin....
So What? So what if it took Joe Wood nearly two hours to die by lethal injection? Ultimately, the desired outcome was achieved. The sole purpose of the death penalty~ and by extension, lethal injections, hanging, the firing squad, the electric chair ~ is to kill the miscreant, so what's the big deal? Just look at what Mr Wood did to put himself in such a position: In 1989, Joseph Wood smilingly fired one shot into Gene Dietz' chest, then fired two shots into his daughter Debbie's chest. Both shootings were at point-blank range. Even if all Mr Wood 's shots were into the heart of each victim, I doubt seriously that either of them died instantaneously. Both daughter and father had to suffer excruciating pain for the several minutes required for them to bleed-out and succumb to the fatal injuries. Not only were the Dietz 's subjected to the fatal shootings, both also suffered the emotional pain of staring down and pleading w...