Tennessee successfully executed the last woman in 1819, via hanging.
Here's a thought: how about we stop trying to make killers and rapists' deaths painless and start trying to make them EFFICIENT?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing the execution of Christa Gail Pike to go forward Wednesday, overturning a last-minute stay issued by an appeals court hours earlier.
I know people who were abused as children. It’s beyond horrible and they deal with it to this day.
But none of them ever abducted a girl, tied her up, beat her, cut a pentagram into her chest with a box cutter, then smashed her skull with a rock and kept a piece of her bone to show off to their friends. Trauma is not an excuse for cold blooded torture and murder.
Societal empathy for violent criminals has gotten to an absurd level.
Some melodies aren’t just meant to be heard, they can be experienced visually, too. Pachelbel’s “Canon in D” offers a captivating blend of music and visual beauty.