Is this how the US death penalty works? I can choose my way to go out?
So, asking for a friend here, one could opt for suffocation by a maiden’s thighs?
On another note, is there any crime in the US that results in the death penalty and doesn’t require, yknow, murdering someone?
Oh well. I guess I could just wait till I turn 80, do a Luigi, off a bunch of CEOs, then die while eating pussy. Last meal and execution method all in one, plus it would be beneficial for the world. Win win?
(b) Any person who commits an offense prior to January 1, 1999, for which the person is sentenced to the punishment of death may elect to be executed by electrocution by signing a written waiver waiving the right to be executed by lethal injection.
That’s her only option, outside of the savings clause in (d) which permits any other method if all other methods listed are unconstitutional.
Also for your other question, yes. Things like espionage, high treason, aid and comfort to the enemy, large scale drug trafficking, etc… But usually if it isn’t because you murder someone, it has to be that you’ve done something really bad. Like if you gave tactical blueprints of thermonuclear devices employed by the United States to North Korea and the blueprints for the vehicle to deliver those devices, yeah, that’s getting up there.
Legally speaking the last war the US declared was WWII. Everything else has been heavily armed police actions. Congress declares war but the President is head of the military and does what he wants with the money Congress provides. Which seams like a disctintion without a difference except when it comes to “wartime” provisions in laws, services, and insurance.
No you can’t choose anything. Because cruel and unusual punishment is banned by the Constitution, sometimes courts say “you can’t execute a person that specific way because it’s cruel or unusual.” When lawmakers make new methods sometimes they have fallbacks to older methods to make sure the execution goes through reguardless of court rulings like that. A death row inmate’s lawyer might request a different execution method: if it’s one of the fallbacks the state may allow it and show the court saying “it isn’t cruel if it’s what they choose” and avoid an expensive appeal. In this case she has chosen a method not available in Tennessee, perhaps as a delay tactic to get more time for an appeal or different judges or perhaps even a stay of execution from a Governor.
Trump has become famous for selling pardons which more or less expunges your conviction. Governors and Presidents also have the power to commute a sentence which says you’re still guilty but I reduce your sentence, typically down to time served. This is typically used when what they did is no longer illegal such as marijuana possession. As well as stay of execution, which, depending on the state, either switches you to a life sentence or just delays the execution.
It’s called a thought experiment. I recommend you try it sometime. It can be quite fun, letting your imagination take you to conclusions and ideas you’d otherwise never consider.
Is this how the US death penalty works? I can choose my way to go out?
So, asking for a friend here, one could opt for suffocation by a maiden’s thighs?
On another note, is there any crime in the US that results in the death penalty and doesn’t require, yknow, murdering someone?
Oh well. I guess I could just wait till I turn 80, do a Luigi, off a bunch of CEOs, then die while eating pussy. Last meal and execution method all in one, plus it would be beneficial for the world. Win win?
No. Additionally, Tennessee does not have firing squad as a listed method of execution.
TCA § 40-23-114
That’s her only option, outside of the savings clause in (d) which permits any other method if all other methods listed are unconstitutional.
Also for your other question, yes. Things like espionage, high treason, aid and comfort to the enemy, large scale drug trafficking, etc… But usually if it isn’t because you murder someone, it has to be that you’ve done something really bad. Like if you gave tactical blueprints of thermonuclear devices employed by the United States to North Korea and the blueprints for the vehicle to deliver those devices, yeah, that’s getting up there.
Even then, execution for treason is really only a wartime thing.
When was the last time the US hasn’t been at war?
Congress has to declare it. So… World War II.
And the Rosenbergs were executed in the 50’s so… Guess you don’t have to be at war to be executed for espionage.
Technically that case was argued because of his recruitment in 1944.
As in, it was argued they committed treason during wartime.
I did not know that! TIL, thanks.
Legally speaking the last war the US declared was WWII. Everything else has been heavily armed police actions. Congress declares war but the President is head of the military and does what he wants with the money Congress provides. Which seams like a disctintion without a difference except when it comes to “wartime” provisions in laws, services, and insurance.
some states have a short list of options.
No you can’t choose anything. Because cruel and unusual punishment is banned by the Constitution, sometimes courts say “you can’t execute a person that specific way because it’s cruel or unusual.” When lawmakers make new methods sometimes they have fallbacks to older methods to make sure the execution goes through reguardless of court rulings like that. A death row inmate’s lawyer might request a different execution method: if it’s one of the fallbacks the state may allow it and show the court saying “it isn’t cruel if it’s what they choose” and avoid an expensive appeal. In this case she has chosen a method not available in Tennessee, perhaps as a delay tactic to get more time for an appeal or different judges or perhaps even a stay of execution from a Governor. Trump has become famous for selling pardons which more or less expunges your conviction. Governors and Presidents also have the power to commute a sentence which says you’re still guilty but I reduce your sentence, typically down to time served. This is typically used when what they did is no longer illegal such as marijuana possession. As well as stay of execution, which, depending on the state, either switches you to a life sentence or just delays the execution.
Genuinely wtf is this comment
It’s called a thought experiment. I recommend you try it sometime. It can be quite fun, letting your imagination take you to conclusions and ideas you’d otherwise never consider.