Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace

rbanffy

Just imagine how empty and devoid of meaning is the life of someone who goes to a prison and blasts “Another One Bites the Dust” to celebrate the execution of someone they never met. Don't they have anyone they'd rather spend time with? Or does anyone else want to spend time with them?

al_borland

Is this article trying to make me feel bad for these people? > Frank Athen Walls was an American serial killer and rapist who committed five murders between 1985 and 1987 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_A._Walls > Willacy attempted to strangle Sather with a telephone cord, and when that didn't work, he doused her in gasoline and set her on fire, records show. An autopsy determined that Sather had died from smoke inhalation, indicating she was still alive when she was set on fire. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/man-convicted-of-setting...

theflyingelvis

Protip, don’t murder someone in Florida.

Neywiny

A very heavy article. I'm not sure I agree with blaming the governer at all for this. I'm not supporting him in any way, but the court decided who was guilty sometimes decades before. Whether he throws a dart to decide who or not, the only options are people who were convicted. I also take issue with this: > As she sat in traffic looking at the commuters around her, she realized none of them had any idea that a man was slated to die that day. It's a bit pedantic, but no she didn't. She may have hypothesized that, or guessed it, but she didn't realize it. She didn't know every person there. The commuter next to her might be even more in tune with the executions. She can't know that, so no she didn't realize that.