Terry Collins Was Not Bluffing

I thought it might have been a stunt to bring more attention to the barbaric practice of execution in the state of Ohio. Turns out I was wrong. Today, we executed Kenneth Biros using an unproven method of murder. Says Dept. of Corrections director Collins, to the Plain Dealer:

“I see no problems in what my people did.”

This literally turns my stomach. I’ve hunted serial killers for many years. I want them to face justice, too. But, people, this is just insane. History will not look kindly on this.

UPDATE: Excellent follow up by Plain Dealer reporter Reginald Fields, on the legality of Biros’ murder. I’m calling this one, folks. When the courts finally catch up, this will be the end of Terry Collins’ fine career. Hopefully the end to capital punishment in the state of Ohio, too.

Italy Convicts Innocent American

 

Knox sentenced to 26 years.

 

Prosecutors alleged Amanda Knox murdered Meredith Kercher during a drug-fueled Vampire sex orgy. In America, we laugh those cases out of court. In America, it’s hard to convince a mob of peers to convict someone based on fictitious evidence. It Italy, not so much. That’s right, Amanda Knox has been found guilty, sentenced to 26 years in prison.

Personally, I’d love to see the State Department get involved here. Realistically, it looks like she’s there for a while.

The fact that most of the jury wore the colors of the Italian flag during sentencing proves how much this was Italy Vs. “rowdy Americans” instead of Italy V. Knox.

Fuck you guys. Don’t come knocking on our door next time you get yourself in a pickle.

WORST IDEA EVER

 

What are they thinking?

 

Holy shit, is this a terrible idea.

The state of Ohio is switching up their method of torture execution, after a botched try at killing an inmate recently. Officials are switching to a one-drug “overdose” of thiopental sodium. And if that doesn’t work, they’ll inject two poisons into the inmates muscle. Corrections director Terry Collins explains in a Plain Dealer article that it would be:

like getting a flu shot.

Thiopental is better known as “sodium pentathol” or “truth serum”, the stuff the CIA used to use to draw the truth out of terrorists during interrogations.

NO OTHER STATE uses this drug on its own.

Thiopental takes upwards of 45 minutes to kill someone. But using the drug as the sole drug for executions has never ever been tested.

I want to hope that this is some weird attempt by Collins to draw attention to this barbaric practice. That this is all some ruse to finally end capital punishment in this state. Am I giving him too much credit?