What The Hell?

[Xicano]

Ok this is very strange to say the least. Guillotines and televised executions? WTF?





Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions
HB 1274 - Death penalty; guillotine provisions

(a) All persons who have been convicted of a capital
1-23 offense and have had imposed upon them a sentence of death
1-24 shall, at the election of the condemned, suffer such
1-25 punishment either by electrocution or by "guillotine." If
1-26 the condemned fails to make an election by the thirtieth
1-27 day preceding the date scheduled for execution, punishment
1-28 shall be by electrocution.


http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/1995_96/leg/fulltext/hb1274.htm






Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions
HB 1085 - Death penalty; televise executions

(a) The Department of Corrections shall make suitable
1-18 arrangements and provide suitable facilities to allow any
1-19 public or private television broadcaster to "televise any
1-20 execution" carried out by the department.

1-21 (b) The State Board of Education shall arrange for the
1-22 "televising of each execution" carried out by the Department
1-23 of Corrections as a part of the public broadcasting of the
1-24 state-wide network of public "school educational television
1-25 stations."


http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/1995_96/leg/fulltext/hb1085.htm

[Donnachaidh]

1. err, did you catch the session dates?

Twelve year old session dates?

[Xicano]

8. Still strange to see it

I mean shouldn't that be legislation back in 1795 instead of 1995? Strange, very strange.

[bunnies]

2. Guillotine! Guillotine! Guillotine!

:bounce: As I said last week, its the way of the future! :rofl:

[damntexdem]

3. Oh, those pols wouldn't miss their heads, anyway.

They never use them.

[bunnies]

6. Exactly!

:rofl: Some rep in my state wants us to use a firing squad for executions. Perfect for war crimes trials if ya ask me!

[Betsy Ross]

4. Guillotine is Green n/t

[Joe Chi Minh]

5. That was some crazy Frenchman who came up with that as a cure for grey hair.

[frog92969]

7. Guillotine

Always been my first choice.

[pnwmom]

9. I agree. As long as it's very sharp and very fast.

Much better than one of those long drawn-out executions.

[enlightenment]

11. Probably more humane than electrocution - nt

[pnwmom]

14. I'd be surprised if they still had guillotines. Wouldn't you? n/t

[Edweird]

10. I know what high voltage does. I would pick the guillotine in a heartbeat.

[Hugabear]

12. I can think of a few former administration officials who should be frog-marched to a guillotine

And maybe a few hate-radio modern day Goebbels as well.

[Xicano]

13. These replies are not what I would have expected.

Televised decapitations and other executions. I don't mean to be inflammatory but these replies are what I would have expected from a republican board not a democratic board.

Maybe its just me, but, I find this legislation disturbing.




Peace,
Xicano

[pnwmom]

15. I think what you're reacting to is a lot of black humor.

Maybe there should be a new smiley?

[Ohio Joe]

16. Well....

Since it is over a decade old and there have been no be-headings, televised or otherwise, I expect its not happening.

[frog92969]

18. There are alot of DP Democrats

I think the convicted should have a choice, up to a point.
But I also consider cages cruel and unusual punishment.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

17. Yeah, that was a big thing during the "Republican Revolution" of 1994.

They wanted to "bring back" the guillotine.

They brought back the firing squad for one execution, and immediately dropped it when the prison janitors refused to clean up the mess, requiring the warden to handle it personally.