04-04-2014, 05:39 PM
(04-03-2014, 08:50 PM)Cheyne Wrote: Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
I don't see anything in the 8th amendment about "pain free" executions.
The Supreme Court refused to halt the execution. Sells' reprieve was a short one. The fucker is dead.
The family of one of his young victims echoed some of your thoughts after witnessing his execution, Cheyne.
Snip:
Tommy Lynn Sells, 49, was the first inmate to be injected with a dose of newly replenished pentobarbital that Texas prison officials obtained to replace an expired supply of the powerful sedative. When asked if he wanted to make a statement before his execution, Sells replied: "No."
As the drug began flowing into his arms inside the death chamber in Huntsville, Sells took a few breaths, his eyes closed and he began to snore. After less than a minute, he stopped moving. He was pronounced dead at 6:27 p.m. CDT - 13 minutes after being given the pentobarbital.
Terry Harris, whose 13-year-old daughter, Kaylene Harris, was fatally stabbed by Sells in 1999 in South Texas, watched as Sells was executed, saying the injection was "way more gentle than what he gave out." "Basically, the dude just took a nap," the father told reporters later outside the prison.
"My sister didn't get the constitutional pain and suffering," said Shawn Harris, the victim's brother, adding that Sells' punishment was "pretty easy" compared to what his sibling suffered: being stabbed 16 times and having her neck repeatedly slit.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-execut...al-killer/
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Sells also confessed to killing an 8 months pregnant woman, her 3-year-old, and several others. Glad he's dead.
Here's a good background on his crimes (though not updated to cover his latest legal battles and execution): http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_kille...lls/9.html