http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum This is a place for all Death Penalty related issues en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:01:43 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/f28/ohio-introduces-one-injection-method-89284.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:56:21 GMT Ohio to switch to one-drug lethal injection - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_re_us/us_death_penalty_ohio_s_method_2) Yahoo News COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio will switch to a one-drug approach to lethal injection executions, with a muscle injection available as a back up, according to a filing Friday in U.S. District Court. Ohio to switch to one-drug lethal injection - Yahoo! News


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio will switch to a one-drug approach to lethal injection executions, with a muscle injection available as a back up, according to a filing Friday in U.S. District Court. ]]> Death Penalty SikkiNixx http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/f28/ohio-introduces-one-injection-method-89284.html http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/f28/idiots-suffering-pain-89278.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:48:55 GMT I hope a few of you will take the time to watch these videos and make comments as to what you hear ("idiots suffering pain"), learn or think if anything as i believe these are truly educational and factual as to what take place and what has happened during executions. These go into detail and actually show the "acts" on props, so be warned........... This is the reality of the Death Penalty as we know it today.


How To Kill a Human Being - SomaliLife Forums ]]> Death Penalty smiley http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/f28/idiots-suffering-pain-89278.html http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/f28/larry-king-will-have-complete-coverage-89260.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:42:08 GMT IMHO- a way to jack up their ratings. :deal:

Virginia set to execute 'Beltway sniper' - CNN.com ]]> Death Penalty showyourpride http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/f28/larry-king-will-have-complete-coverage-89260.html http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/f28/supreme-court-won-t-halt-d-89253.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:49:19 GMT Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court refused Monday to block the execution of John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind of the sniper team that terrified the suburbs of the nation's capital in October 2002.

Known as the D.C. Sniper, Muhammad is scheduled for execution Tuesday evening at a state prison near Jarratt, Virginia.

Supreme Court won't halt D.C. sniper's execution - CNN.com ]]> Death Penalty showyourpride http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/f28/supreme-court-won-t-halt-d-89253.html http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/f28/what-write-dr-inmate-89239.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:37:58 GMT Hello,
Yesterday i reseved my first letter from an dr inmate, but now i ask myself what to write to him, what do i write to someone who is in his cel for 23 ours a day, for 20 years now.
I don't want to hurt him by telling him about the outside world, the things he must be missing for 20 years.
I hope someone can give me some tips about writing to a dr inmate. ]]> Death Penalty wilma http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/f28/what-write-dr-inmate-89239.html http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/f28/lawyers-ask-u-s-supreme-court-89207.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:10:42 GMT
Not wanting to get into if you are pro/anti death penalty discussion, I think we know how most of us feel on this case or the dp in general. Just wanted to post this news.

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Washington (CNN) -- Lawyers for convicted Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad have asked the Supreme Court to block next week's scheduled execution.

An appeal was filed Tuesday evening with the justices, but there was no indication when the court would rule. A clemency request has already been filed with Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine's office.

Muhammad, 48, is scheduled to be executed November 10 for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station in Manassas, Virginia. Muhammad recently transferred to death row at Greensville Correctional Center in rural southern Virginia.

Muhammad and teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the nation's capital for three weeks in October 2002, responsible for the sniper-style killings of 10 people in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, police believe. Three others were wounded by high-powered gunfire, said police.

The pair was also suspected in earlier, similar shootings in Washington state, Louisiana, Alabama, and the Washington, D.C. area.

In their appeal, his attorneys say Muhammad was not given sufficient time to file his appeal. But the bulk of the brief dealt with claims the defendant was mentally unstable and that he received ineffective counsel at trial...

Lawyers ask U.S. Supreme Court to block execution of Beltway sniper - CNN.com ]]> Death Penalty showyourpride http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/f28/lawyers-ask-u-s-supreme-court-89207.html http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/f28/pink-mile-women-dr-89179.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:57:46 GMT When Debra Schaefer goes to work, gates and doors lock behind her. For eight hours she is unable to leave. If something catastrophic were to happen there would be no escape. But the psychological impact of her incarceration every working day isn’t something she dwells on. She wears a Kevlar armoured vest to protect her from shanks, spikes and knives. It is heavy and she finds it uncomfortable, but she knows it could save her life. But violence does not frighten her. She was never a dainty girl. What scares her is infectious disease. Debra knows that at any moment someone might spit on her, or throw urine and faeces over her. There is a protocol for such assaults. There are eye-wash stations and an assaulted officer is taken to hospital to be checked out. Clothing is bagged for evidence and the inmate responsible could have up to two years added to her sentence. For those on death row or serving life sentences, what is there to lose in venting their frustration at those who watch over them? The pink mile: women on death row - Times Online (http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article4619390.ece) But women like Debra have choices. They get to go home every day to their families. They don’t have to be there. So why are they? The road that leads to Muncy is lined with maple trees. It is disarmingly tranquil. The limestone administrative block built in 1920, with its white cupola and faded charm, could easily be mistaken for a quaint college campus. Only as I get closer do the fence and razor wire become apparent. Stepping inside a cell is enough to stop anyone ever wanting to take a pencil home from the office. They are little more than 6ft wide, 8ft high and 12ft long. Everything is fastened to the wall, toilet and bed included. The cells are airless and smell pungent and institutional. The sound of steel doors closing is amplified. It is an atmosphere heavy with despair, remorse, anger and loneliness. Who would choose to enter here willingly every day, vulnerable to volatile criminals in a job that casts them as the enemy? Not everyone can handle it. For those who work in a prison, there are two lives: inside and outside. Once they put the uniform on and go through the gate, they are in an alternate universe. Here they must be able to navigate a psychological and emotional labyrinth, inure themselves to being suckered, and sublimate instincts to react. Mental stamina is as crucial as physical strength. We know very little about what the job is like: the pressures, the cycle of emotions, what they experience on the inside and the impact it has on the outside. SCI Muncy in Pennsylvania is the only correctional facility in the US with a “death row” for women that agreed to allow me inside. Correctional facilities and officers have nothing to gain from opening up. One of the most salient features of the job is anonymity. Officers make sure the inmates know as little about their personal lives as possible. They need to remain unknown. It’s safer for them and for their families. The perception of corrections officers as callous and hard-nosed is bolstered by the Hollywood myth of the sadistic guard and the constant atmosphere of repressed violence. Yet it becomes apparent that mental strength is not the only facet women officers require. Compassion, too, is very much on display. There is understanding, a recognition that the female inmates they work with have made mistakes and bad choices. Most of the officers don’t know the reasons the women they guard are in prison. They choose not to read the prisoners’ files so that they can remain objective and avoid judgmental attitudes that may poison their relations with the inmates. For them it is a good job. There is job security and health insurance. The starting wage is just over $13.82 (£7) an hour, and their mandate is to provide custody and care. But the real challenge is making sure that who they are on the inside does not define who they are on the outside. Perhaps surprisingly, Muncy’s death-row inmates are not as violent as those prisoners who have something to hope for: the end of their sentences and release. They are compliant – the best behaved – because the prison is their home for life, or at least as long as the state decrees their life will be. When Debra Schaefer goes to work, gates and doors lock behind her. For eight hours she is unable to leave. If something catastrophic were to happen there would be no escape. But the psychological impact of her incarceration every working day isn’t something she dwells on.
She wears a Kevlar armoured vest to protect her from shanks, spikes and knives. It is heavy and she finds it uncomfortable, but she knows it could save her life. But violence does not frighten her. She was never a dainty girl. What scares her is infectious disease. Debra knows that at any moment someone might spit on her, or throw urine and faeces over her. There is a protocol for such assaults. There are eye-wash stations and an assaulted officer is taken to hospital to be checked out. Clothing is bagged for evidence and the inmate responsible could have up to two years added to her sentence.
For those on death row or serving life sentences, what is there to lose in venting their frustration at those who watch over them?



The pink mile: women on death row - Times Online

But women like Debra have choices. They get to go home every day to their families.
They don’t have to be there. So why are they?
The road that leads to Muncy is lined with maple trees. It is disarmingly tranquil. The limestone administrative block built in 1920, with its white cupola and faded charm, could easily be mistaken for a quaint college campus. Only as I get closer do the fence and razor wire become apparent.
Stepping inside a cell is enough to stop anyone ever wanting to take a pencil home from the office. They are little more than 6ft wide, 8ft high and 12ft long. Everything is fastened to the wall, toilet and bed included. The cells are airless and smell pungent and institutional. The sound of steel doors closing is amplified. It is an atmosphere heavy with despair, remorse, anger and loneliness.
Who would choose to enter here willingly every day, vulnerable to volatile criminals in a job that casts them as the enemy?
Not everyone can handle it. For those who work in a prison, there are two lives: inside and outside. Once they put the uniform on and go through the gate, they are in an alternate universe. Here they must be able to navigate a psychological and emotional labyrinth, inure themselves to being suckered, and sublimate instincts to react. Mental stamina is as crucial as physical strength.
We know very little about what the job is like: the pressures, the cycle of emotions, what they experience on the inside and the impact it has on the outside. SCI Muncy in Pennsylvania is the only correctional facility in the US with a “death row” for women that agreed to allow me inside. Correctional facilities and officers have nothing to gain from opening up. One of the most salient features of the job is anonymity. Officers make sure the inmates know as little about their personal lives as possible. They need to remain unknown. It’s safer for them and for their families.
The perception of corrections officers as callous and hard-nosed is bolstered by the Hollywood myth of the sadistic guard and the constant atmosphere of repressed violence. Yet it becomes apparent that mental strength is not the only facet women officers require. Compassion, too, is very much on display. There is understanding, a recognition that the female inmates they work with have made mistakes and bad choices.
Most of the officers don’t know the reasons the women they guard are in prison. They choose not to read the prisoners’ files so that they can remain objective and avoid judgmental attitudes that may poison their relations with the inmates.
For them it is a good job. There is job security and health insurance. The starting wage is just over $13.82 (£7) an hour, and their mandate is to provide custody and care. But the real challenge is making sure that who they are on the inside does not define who they are on the outside.
Perhaps surprisingly, Muncy’s death-row inmates are not as violent as those prisoners who have something to hope for: the end of their sentences and release. They are compliant – the best behaved – because the prison is their home for life, or at least as long as the state decrees their life will be. ]]> Death Penalty peanut2 http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforum/f28/pink-mile-women-dr-89179.html