A DEATH ROW INMATE'S EXECUTION WAS DELAYED TO GIVE HIM TIME TO RECOVER FROM A SUICIDE ATTEMPT:
Wednesday 03-10-2010 6:29am ET
And now, here's a perfect example of your government in action . . .
--In 1994, 43-year-old Lawrence Reynolds Jr. was sentenced to death in Ohio for murdering his elderly neighbor. His execution was supposed to take place yesterday, but it didn't.
--That's because on Monday, Reynolds tried to commit suicide by overdosing on a bunch of pills.
--It's unclear exactly what Reynolds took, or how he got his hands on the pills in the first place. The point is that when he was found in his cell, he was unconscious and nearly dead.
--But now, Reynolds' execution has been rescheduled for next week so he has time to recover from his overdose before being put to death. (
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(Cleveland Leader)
(--Maybe it's just me, but if a criminal is going to be put to death anyway, does he need to be healthy enough to be executed? Am I missing something? Or is it our elected officials who are missing the point?)