Worse Treatment Than a Dog

Once again our intrepid government has botched an execution. This time in Ohio:

The execution team stuck Christopher Newton at least 10 times with needles Thursday to insert the shunts where the chemicals are injected.

He died at 11:53 a.m., nearly two hours after the scheduled start of his execution at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. The process typically takes about 20 minutes.

"What is clear from today's botched execution is that the state doesn't know how to execute people without torturing them to death," American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio attorney Carrie Davis said Thursday.

But here's the kicker:

But Newton, who had insisted on the death penalty as punishment and made no attempt to appeal, chatted and laughed with prison staff throughout the delay. It took so long that the staff paused to allow Newton a bathroom break.

And what caused the delay? Prison officials (in typical form for government these days) blamed Newton who weighs 260 lbs and was a chronic drug user. That's right. It was the victim's fault the government with all of it's abilities and resources was not able to execute and execution effectively.

How in the world can anyone support the death penalty? Setting aside all moral considerations, if the state can't even carry out the execution itself without f#@king it up, how can they be trusted to not execute an innocent guy?