 |
| One in three people say that if lethal injections are no longer viable — because of drug shortages or other problems — executions should be stopped altogether, according to the survey of 800 adults by Hart Research and Public Opinion Strategies for NBC News. But many others are open to more primitive methods of putting prisoners to death: 20 percent for the gas chamber, 18 percent for the electric chair, 12 percent for firing squad and 8 percent for hanging. --NBC News, May 14, 2014 |
The thirst for death
will not be sated
The clinical tidiness
of a needle
administered by a gloved hand
is not necessary
to keep the conscience clean
They are comfortable
with the mess of
murder
Gas ‘em
Fry ‘em
Shoot ‘em
Hang ‘em
Lead pipe or candlestick
it doesn't really matter
The calls for death
are louder than the calls
for decency
For every one that hesitates
two salivate
Kristina Cerise is a Seattle writer committed to searching for meaning in the madness.