tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819711698688655785.post1012727746311049056..comments2023-10-30T00:44:05.942-07:00Comments on Governing through Crime: A Botched ExecutionJonathan Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15217567476776700363noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819711698688655785.post-3008614463387848212014-05-20T23:38:43.628-07:002014-05-20T23:38:43.628-07:00Arizona prison officials were willing to engage in...Arizona prison officials were willing to engage in a criminal conspiracy to obtain the chemicals necessary to carry out executions. The Arizona Department of Corrections instructed their lethal drugs supplier to submit false US Customs forms indicating that the drugs being imported were for veterinary use. See Kiefer, "Execution-drug import papers raise questions," Arizona Republic (Mar. 25, 2011) http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2011/03/25/20110325arizona-execution-drugs-import.html#ixzz32KQxtb7U<br /><br />Someone obtaining a benefit through the falsification of a document can be charged under Arizona law with Fraud Schemes, a Class Two Felony, which carries the most severe sentencing range short of murder.<br /><br />In addition, President Obama's Food and Drug Administration has been actively cooperating with State prison systems to circumvent the Federal laws and regulations that govern the importation of drugs into the United States for use on humans. See Civil Complaint in Beatty, et al v. FDA, Case 1:11-cv-00289-RJL <br /><br />These criminal conspiracies by politicians, prison officials, and executive branch officials make a mockery of the American criminal justice system and exposes the shibboleth that capital punishment in the U.S. is administered under the rule of law.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02979828120307489178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819711698688655785.post-13856504606980722772014-05-02T00:20:31.410-07:002014-05-02T00:20:31.410-07:00It would have been nice to see some outcry and rev...It would have been nice to see some outcry and review over practices after the botched execution of Sarah Brown. Two failed attempts at lethal injection left her blind, mentally disabled, mute, and unable to walk. It took her five years to die.<br /><br />She had no trial, no appeal, no representation, no due process. Her crime was simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Her executioner was "hero" abortionist George Tiller.<br /><br />http://realchoice.blogspot.kr/2014/04/two-botched-executions.htmlChristina Duniganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785550737493692252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819711698688655785.post-54343412329140544132014-05-01T07:24:46.704-07:002014-05-01T07:24:46.704-07:00Thank you for this post. Readers, especially those...Thank you for this post. Readers, especially those familiar with your scholarly work and that of others in our field, may be interested to know that Mary Fallin is up for re-election this year. The political capital she would have gained in a state like Oklahoma from "serving justice" via execution may have something to do with the rush to execute these men.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03977155642710153210noreply@blogger.com