Posted on Mar 3, 2023
Tennessee Black Caucus calls for resignation of lawmaker whose bill amendment would bring back...
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This week, Rep. Paul Sherrell, R-Sparta, suggested an amendment to a measure to add alternative procedures for carrying out executions that would include hanging by a tree.
Lethal injection for Tennessee’s death row inmates has been on pause since last April. In the meantime, one lawmaker is proposing the use of electric chairs and firing squads as alternatives. There’s an uproar, however, against an even harsher proposal.
The Criminal Justice Committee, earlier this week, passed a measure to add alternative procedures for carrying out executions.
During the hearing, Republican Rep. Paul Sherrell, R-Sparta, suggested another option.
“Can I put an amendment on that that would include hanging by a tree also?” asked Sherrell.
The remark quickly went viral, as people called Sherrell racist and questioned if he’s aligned with the Ku Klux Klan.
Lethal injection for Tennessee’s death row inmates has been on pause since last April. In the meantime, one lawmaker is proposing the use of electric chairs and firing squads as alternatives. There’s an uproar, however, against an even harsher proposal.
The Criminal Justice Committee, earlier this week, passed a measure to add alternative procedures for carrying out executions.
During the hearing, Republican Rep. Paul Sherrell, R-Sparta, suggested another option.
“Can I put an amendment on that that would include hanging by a tree also?” asked Sherrell.
The remark quickly went viral, as people called Sherrell racist and questioned if he’s aligned with the Ku Klux Klan.
Tennessee Black Caucus calls for resignation of lawmaker whose bill amendment would bring back...
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Well my liberal friend PO1 William "Chip" Nagel If the bill authorized hanging by mobs, could see why some would be offended.
I am voting you up for posting the news.
If the hanging was to be conducted by state executioners, this would seem like a low cost alternative to lethal injection and electrocution as well as firing squad :-)
I concur with my friend and brother-in-Christ Cpl Vic Burk
If there was true justice " the convict should be killed in the same manner as they killed the victim. If they shot the victim, they should be shot, burned someone to death in a deliberate house fire, back at them"
What do you think about this news, since you live in Tennessee? A1C Mike Allen SFC (Join to see) LTC Stephen C. CPT Tommy Curtis SPC Danny Eldridge SGM Bill Frazer SPC(P) Jay Heenan Capt Frank McClung SSgt Terry P. PO3 Steven Sherrill SGT (Join to see) MSG John Wirts SPC Brian Mason MAJ Roland McDonald SSG Selwyn Bodley
I am voting you up for posting the news.
If the hanging was to be conducted by state executioners, this would seem like a low cost alternative to lethal injection and electrocution as well as firing squad :-)
I concur with my friend and brother-in-Christ Cpl Vic Burk
If there was true justice " the convict should be killed in the same manner as they killed the victim. If they shot the victim, they should be shot, burned someone to death in a deliberate house fire, back at them"
What do you think about this news, since you live in Tennessee? A1C Mike Allen SFC (Join to see) LTC Stephen C. CPT Tommy Curtis SPC Danny Eldridge SGM Bill Frazer SPC(P) Jay Heenan Capt Frank McClung SSgt Terry P. PO3 Steven Sherrill SGT (Join to see) MSG John Wirts SPC Brian Mason MAJ Roland McDonald SSG Selwyn Bodley
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Cpl Vic Burk
LTC Stephen F. I am all for executions of murderers convicted of first degree murder, but I think hanging is ridiculous unless that's the way the convict wants to be taken as the sentence for their crime. Having said that, I also believe that the convict should be killed in the same manner as they killed the victim. If they shot the victim, they should be shot, burned someone to death in a deliberate house fire, back at them, etc.
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When thinking on types of execution I consider the oxygenated blood present in the brain at the time of the event, most folks don't. The only humane form of execution is one in which the brain is taken out of the equation before or at the time of the event, and folks are not going to go for a bullet to the head. So, that leaves injection. Render the convicted unconscious first. That's the empath in me talking now.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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