New Posts For Thread: Old Smokey is due to be plugged in tonight c.1am our time.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31564697/old-smokey-is-due-to-be-plugged-in-tonight-c1am-our-timeElectrocutions are rarer these days but this is Tennessee's third in 10 months; those sentenced before 1999 have the option of choosing it over lethal injection.Their sentence is execution, not torture and executionThere is hanging, shooting quite a few ways to kill peoplehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31564697/old-smokey-is-due-to-be-plugged-in-tonight-c1am-our-time?post_id=557784221#557784221Their sentence is execution, not torture and executionThere is hanging, shooting quite a few ways to kill peopleSun, 18 Aug 2019 05:35:30 -0500Thinking about the gas chamber, which was phase out, and was going to suggest as to why not use Carbon Monoxide!Then I see that it is part of a cocktail of ingredients, but why not just on it's own?"based on a lower court’s conclusion that gassed ihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31564697/old-smokey-is-due-to-be-plugged-in-tonight-c1am-our-time?post_id=557783371#557783371Thinking about the gas chamber, which was phase out, and was going to suggest as to why not use Carbon Monoxide!Then I see that it is part of a cocktail of ingredients, but why not just on it's own?"based on a lower court’s conclusion that gassed iSun, 18 Aug 2019 02:08:35 -0500I prefer to think of those murdered rather than the murderers.Not sure they do suffer btw.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31564697/old-smokey-is-due-to-be-plugged-in-tonight-c1am-our-time?post_id=557782149#557782149I prefer to think of those murdered rather than the murderers.Not sure they do suffer btw.Sat, 17 Aug 2019 17:01:24 -0500Maybe they should consider the guillotine, as France have one they are not using!Perhaps stick the head on a spike, for those present to take photos, to hang on their walls at home!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31564697/old-smokey-is-due-to-be-plugged-in-tonight-c1am-our-time?post_id=557778959#557778959Maybe they should consider the guillotine, as France have one they are not using!Perhaps stick the head on a spike, for those present to take photos, to hang on their walls at home!Sat, 17 Aug 2019 11:43:31 -0500That is true Akabula..although I see one chap only drove the vanIf somebody murdered or did something very bad to someone I cared for, I am sure I would want them to suffer.The problem is if we descend to the level of the criminal....does it really bhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31564697/old-smokey-is-due-to-be-plugged-in-tonight-c1am-our-time?post_id=557773443#557773443That is true Akabula..although I see one chap only drove the vanIf somebody murdered or did something very bad to someone I cared for, I am sure I would want them to suffer.The problem is if we descend to the level of the criminal....does it really bFri, 16 Aug 2019 17:10:43 -0500Whilst I'm sure it is an appalling process I wouldn't waste as much of a second worrying about it.Much in the same way that those being executed didn't give a thought for those they were murdering.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31564697/old-smokey-is-due-to-be-plugged-in-tonight-c1am-our-time?post_id=557770099#557770099Whilst I'm sure it is an appalling process I wouldn't waste as much of a second worrying about it.Much in the same way that those being executed didn't give a thought for those they were murdering.Fri, 16 Aug 2019 10:35:47 -0500No need to add torture to it.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31564697/old-smokey-is-due-to-be-plugged-in-tonight-c1am-our-time?post_id=557769169#557769169No need to add torture to it.Fri, 16 Aug 2019 08:37:40 -0500I think taking a person's life should be sufficient punishment. On the grounds the vast majority of people do not want to die.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31564697/old-smokey-is-due-to-be-plugged-in-tonight-c1am-our-time?post_id=557769157#557769157I think taking a person's life should be sufficient punishment. On the grounds the vast majority of people do not want to die.Fri, 16 Aug 2019 08:36:45 -0500it's Old SparkyMy bad - it is indeed Old Smokey in Tennessee. Apologies to both Old Sparky and Old Smokey.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31564697/old-smokey-is-due-to-be-plugged-in-tonight-c1am-our-time?post_id=557769097#557769097it's Old SparkyMy bad - it is indeed Old Smokey in Tennessee. Apologies to both Old Sparky and Old Smokey.Fri, 16 Aug 2019 08:29:13 -0500Execution is supposed to be some kind of revenge, on the condemned person, as far as I can seehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31564697/old-smokey-is-due-to-be-plugged-in-tonight-c1am-our-time?post_id=557768597#557768597Execution is supposed to be some kind of revenge, on the condemned person, as far as I can seeFri, 16 Aug 2019 07:26:54 -0500