MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'death penalty'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:51:01 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118643&cid=t_101088_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdrug-manufacturer-issues-statement-banning-drug-used-for-lethal-injections%2F2011.08.11 A friend sent me a press release a few days ago and I still find myself thinking about it. Here in the United States capital punishment is still legal in many states and is performed, frequently, by lethal injection. Prisoners sentenced to death have an IV placed in their arm which is then infused with the following three solutions: A barbiturate like Sodium Pentothal or Nembutal, used to induce anesthesia A paralytic like pancuronium bromide or succinylcholine chloride, used to stop respiration Potassium chloride used to stop electrical conduction in the heart I remember a few years ago drug manufacturer Hospira, the producer of Sodium Pentothal, issued a statement that it disapproved of its drug being used in capital punishment.  But, that was as far as their opposition went and, alth... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118643 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:00:36 +0100 5118643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992819&cid=t_101088_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fresearch-brief-impact-of-information-on.html This study re-examines data used by Lambert and Clarke (2001). Using multivariate analyses, the impact that information has on death penalty support is tested, along with level of prior knowledge about the death penalty, personal characteristics (gender, age, political affiliation, race, being a criminal justice major, academic level), and religious factors. The results suggest that information on both deterrence and innocence leads to a reduction in death penalty support and views on the death penalty. Furthermore, the results suggest that the information presented may have varying effects among different subgroups of people.- iPost using BlogPress from my Kevin McGrew's iPad (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992819 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:06:00 +0100 4992819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984689&cid=t_101088_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FEygW_voyKzU%2F Rise and shine. Another glorious day is unfolding here on the Pharmalot corporate campus, where we are moving along like a cool breeze. Of course, there is much to be done - phone calls, meetings, reading documents. You name it. And we know you can related. So grab that cup of stimulation - no excuses, please - and pick up your to-do list. Meanwhile, here are some tidbits from around your world. Have a good one… US Court Orders Seizure Of Cipla Pet Drug For Patent Violation (Dow Jones) Lilly Plans 10 Drug In Final-Stage Trials By End Of 2011 (Bloomberg News) Niaspan Prescriptions Fall After Negative Study Results (Dow Jones) Pfizer Signs Deal With Russian Venture Capital Firm For R&D (Associated Press) Forest Files COPD Drug For FDA Approval (Pharma Times) ‘Neurontin Kille... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984689 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:53:38 +0100 4984689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862503&cid=t_101088_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FuZCuZ559vDU%2F By Ilya ShapiroThe representation of prisoners accused of capital crimes is unique in its difficulty — and in the consequences — when that representation is inadequate. Maples v. Thomas, which will be argued before the Supreme Court this fall, exposes some of the serious cracks in the system charged with representing indigent defendants in such cases.    Cato takes no position on the merits of the death penalty other than that the Constitution does not prohibit it and that our justice system is responsible for, at the very least, ensuring that prisoners receive fair notice of orders on which their lives depend.  Both the courts and counsel failed Cory Maples here.  Maples was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for killing two companions.  After a ser... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862503 Wed, 25 May 2011 20:38:35 +0100 4862503 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600798&cid=t_101088_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FNPe3p37WgVo%2F Hello, everyone, and nice to see you again. A spot of rain is falling on the Pharmalot corporate campus, but our spirits remain sunny. Of course, a cup or two of stimulation can help - our flavor this morning is Rain Forest Nut. Meanwhile, there are meetings and deadlines that await. So here are some interesting items to help you along. Have a great day and do stay in touch… Pfizer To Move Antibacterials Research To Shanghai (The Day) Abbott CEO Compensation Fell 2.5 Percent Last Year (Dow Jones) DEA Seizes Execution Drug In Georgia (Associated Press) Japan Nuclear Catastrophe Spurs Debate Over Radiation Pills (Bloomberg News) Those $4 Rx Programs Can Save US Billions (Reuters) Cephalon Sues US Over Fentora Generic Approval (Bloomberg News) Aegerion Receives Orphan Status For Lipid D... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600798 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:53:04 +0100 4600798 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436939&cid=t_101088_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FsCHNSKX3aBI%2F The ongoing shortage of a drug used for prison executions has now ensnared the FDA. Six inmates on death row in prisons in Arizona, California and Tennesse yesterday filed a lawsuit claiming the agency violated federal law by allowing the states to import thiopental sodium, even though there was no official review for safety and effectiveness. In other words, there are no approved suppliers. The shortage began when Hospira stopped making thiopental in 2009, prompting prisons to seek alternates. Last month, the FDA decided to permit imports, but declined to vouch for the meds, even though one recent execution may have involved an expired import (back story). “Reviewing substances imported or used for the purpose of state-authorized lethal injection clearly falls outside of FDA’s exp... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436939 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 23:53:10 +0100 4436939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4389159&cid=t_101088_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fhospira-stop-making-death-penalty-drug-sodium-thiopental%2F Drug manufacturer Hospira has decided not to produce sodium thiopental at its new manufacturing facility in Milan, Italy under pressure from Italian authorities. The drug is part of a cocktail given to many patients who receive the death penalty by lethal injection and had until recently been manufactured at Hospira’s Virginia facilities. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4389159 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 05:15:28 +0100 4389159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4001731&cid=t_101088_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2010%2F09%2F24%2Fu-s-district-court-judge-jeremy-fogel-clears-path-for-california-executions-to-resume-but-will-they%2F The newly renovated San Quentin Prison Death Chamber AP Photo Well, for now – or should I say until Monday afternoon, California executions as per state and federal law can proceed. A federal judge in San Jose gave the go-ahead today for next week’s scheduled execution of a convicted murderer from Riverside County, which would be the state’s first execution in nearly five years. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel, who blocked lethal injections at San Quentin State Prison in February 2006 because of haphazard procedures, untrained staff and the potential of inflicting excruciating pain, said revised state regulations and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling had removed constitutional obstacles to renewed executions. Fogel acknowledged that he has not yet reviewed the state’s a... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4001731 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:46:26 +0100 4001731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3895849&cid=t_101088_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fbrad-pitt-wants-revenge-for-bp-oil-spill-in-spike-lees-new-hbo-documentary%2F photo: Apega/WENN.com Spike Lee’s new, follow-up documentary about the repercussions in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Katrina, as well as this year’s BP oil spill starts screening this week, and environmentalist and activist Brad Pitt is doing interviews as part of the film. Pitt is asked if he thinks capital punishment would be suitable for those responsible for the oil spill, and he responds, “I was never for the death penalty before — I am willing to look at it again.” Whoa, Brad! This flick should be called Death Wish X: The Oily Payback. But Spike Lee actually titled it: If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise (the follow-up to his 2006 HBO documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts). It’ll be shown in two parts tonight an... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3895849 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:04:45 +0100 3895849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3729847&cid=t_101088_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fwomens-rights-iranian-woman-to-be-stoned%2F image via The Huffington Post Let’s face it: The Middle East is a dangerous place to be if you’re a woman. Just last week we learned about innocent women locked up in an Afghanistan prison for fabricated crimes, and today we read on The Huffington Post about an Iranian mother of two who could be stoned to death at any moment. Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani was accused of adultery in 2006 and received a punishment of 99 lashes. Her case was then re-opened, and she was put on trial for the alleged murder of her husband. Even though she was acquitted, the judge handed down her death penalty order – even though there was no evidence. Last week, Amnesty International called for Iran to halt all executions, but the International Committee Against Stoning and the Death Penalty says tha... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3729847 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:51:53 +0100 3729847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3573669&cid=t_101088_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FtLAseO5-J04%2F By Ilya ShapiroAs Wally points out in his Supreme Court/Kagan roundup, the Court did further damage to principled constitutional interpretation in citing foreign law as support for its holding that life-without-parole (LWOP) sentences are unconstitutional as applied to juveniles committing non-homicide crimes.  As I blogged when we filed a brief in the case, Graham v. Florida, “Cato takes no position on the wisdom of these types of sentences, but when evaluating their constitutionality the Court should only consider American law.” That is, regardless of the criminological or moral merits of juvenile LWOP sentences, the Court ought not consider non-binding provisions of international human rights treaties, other countries’ laws, or customary international law in its a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3573669 Mon, 17 May 2010 20:31:00 +0100 3573669 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3538276&cid=t_101088_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2010%2F05%2Faaidd-death-penalty-task-force-conflict.html I was recently asked (and accepted) to be a member of the AAIDD Death Penalty Task Force to address issues regarding Atkins MR/ID death penalty cases.  I want to thank the AAIDD members for the privilege.  This is a conflict of interest disclosure note.  Any comments or posts at  IQ's Corner or the ICDP blog do not represent the views or opinions of the AAIDD Death Penalty Task ForceI will not post any AAIDD Death Penalty Task Force internal communications at my two blogs.  Any task force information that is made public will be posted here as an FYI post with a URL to the appropriate AAIDD web resource.  If the AAIDD DP TF asks me to disseminate information via my blogs, such posts will be clearly labeled.Technorati Tags: psychology, forensic psychology, foren... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3538276 Wed, 05 May 2010 16:06:00 +0100 3538276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3487288&cid=t_101088_131_f&fid=34995&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.discovermagazine.com%2Fgnxp%2F2010%2F04%2F1980-2000-the-age-of-death%2F Poking around the GSS for another reason I stumbled onto something weird. Something which I’d seen hints of, or seen referred to before, but never followed up myself. It seems that support for abortion-on-demand and the death penalty peaked concurrently in the span between 1980-2000. This is evident in two GSS variables, ABANY and CAPPUN, which ask if you support a woman’s right to an abortion for any reason and the death penalty for murder. Additionally, I decided to look at attitudes toward homosexuality using HOMOSEX as a reference as a point of contrast. Unlike abortion or the death penalty attitudes toward homosexuality have been changing in the same direction for the past 30 years. Additionally, the magnitude of the change seems to be much greater than in regards to the o... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3487288 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:49:26 +0100 3487288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3398988&cid=t_101088_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F23%2Fa-psychopaths-brain-on-fmri%2F Our newest blogger, Dr. Kelly McAleer, has an interesting two-part post about the use of fMRI imaging technologies to try and detect psychopathology in criminals: In my last post, I discussed how Dr. Kent Kiehl, a neuroscientist, is using fMRI technology to detect brain abnormalities in people with psychopathy. His participants are prison inmates who score high on the PCL-R, a psychodiagnostic measure used to assess psychopathy. Once he determines that the participant is, in fact, a psychopath based on their PCL-R score, he takes scans of their brains using an fMRI to determine if there are brain differences between psychopathic participants and normal controls. He has found defects in the paralimbic system that he believes relate to psychopathy. Interestingly, Dr. Kiehl’s research ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3398988 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:28:39 +0100 3398988 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075475&cid=t_101088_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_BaInbbZYyM%2F By David BoazIn a report on Attorney General Eric Holder’s approach to seeking the death penalty, NPR reports: A few months after Holder made that statement, he authorized a capital prosecution in Vermont, a state that does not have the death penalty. When Ashcroft brought a federal death penalty case in Vermont seven years ago, the mayor of Burlington called it “an affront to states’ rights” and “not consistent with the values of a majority of Vermonters.” But this time, there was hardly any outcry. So the former antiwar movement doesn’t complain about President Obama’s expansion of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And opponents of capital punishment don’t protest the Obama administration’s seeking the death penalty in liberal... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075475 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:05:12 +0100 3075475 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2834345&cid=t_101088_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fdid-us-5th-circuit-court-of-appeals-use.html Very interesting (puzzling) death penalty case decided on creative averaging of three IQ scores spanning decades.  Check it at sister blog.Technorati Tags: psychology, forensic psychology, neuropsychology, criminal justice, criminal psychology, IQ, IQ tests, IQ scores, Atkins case, MR, mental retardation, death penalty, capital punishment (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2834345 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:54:00 +0100 2834345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2796606&cid=t_101088_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fcontroversy-re-use-of-mexican-wais-iii.html See post at sister blog Intellectual Competence and the Death Penalty.Technorati Tags: psychology, school psychology, educational psychology, neuropsychology, developmental psychology, forensic psychology, MR, Atkins cases, SCOTUS, WAIS-III, Mexican WAIS-III, IQ tests, IQ scores, test norms, psychometrics (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2796606 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:09:00 +0100 2796606 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2737878&cid=t_101088_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fnew-iq-mr-and-death-penalty-blog.html IQ, MR and the death penalty.Today I'm announcing a new blog projected related to the "life-and-death" (literally) issues surrounding Atkins cases...court cases dealing with the topic of mental retardation and the death penalty.  The blog has a specific focus on the intellectual competence (IQ) issues and research surrounding Atkin's cases.Additional information can be found at Intellectual Competence and the Death Penalty blog.  The announcement statement can be viewed here.Technorati Tags: psychology, educational psychology, school psychology, forensice psychology, criminal psychology, neuropsychology, developmental psychology, clinical psychology, Atkins cases, MR, mental retardation, IQ, IQ tests, IQ scores, death penalty, capital punishment, SCOTUS, intellectual competence (Source: ... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2737878 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:36:00 +0100 2737878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441217&cid=t_101088_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E5%2F4LrfOUoeA40%2FI_hIIDEQY3w%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1%26rel%3D0 It's summertime and time for a new Terminator movie -- and Terminator Salvation asks the age-old question will Artificial Intelligence (the coming Superbrain, as the NY Times article dubs it) be our salvation or annihilation?: "Today, artificial intelligence, once the preserve of science fiction writers and eccentric computer prodigies, is back in fashion and getting serious attention from NASA and from Silicon Valley companies like Google as well as a new round of start-ups that are designing everything from next-generation search engines to machines that listen or that are capable of walking around in the world. A.I.’s new respectability is turning the spotlight back on the question of where the technology might be heading and, more ominously, perhaps, whether computer intelligence wil... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441217 Fri, 29 May 2009 00:42:05 +0100 2441217 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2416838&cid=t_101088_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2Fshould-medical-associations-be-allowed.html I have long marveled at the adamant efforts of many bioethicists and physician leaders to prevent doctors from participating in executions--while, ironically some of these same advocates promote the propriety of doctors engaging in assisted suicide--which is no more a legitimate medical act than execution. In North Carolina, the state medical association went so far in trying to prevent doctor involvement in executions that it threatened to make it a subject of professional discipline--a policy now overturned by the state supreme court. From the story:The North Carolina Medical Board exceeded its authority under state law when it adopted policy threatening disciplinary action against physicians who take an active role in executions, the Supreme Court of North Carolina ruled in early May. T... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2416838 Mon, 18 May 2009 16:00:00 +0100 2416838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1443057&cid=t_101088_151_f&fid=35823&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FAddictionInbox%2F%7E3%2F290415254%2Flethal-injections.html Bloggers Unite for Human RightsI offer the following post as a participant in "Unite For Human Rights," a campaign co-sponsored by BlogCatalog and Amnesty International USA.----------------Last month, in Baze v. Rees, the U.S Supreme Court dashed the hopes of human rights activists and ruled 7-2 that lethal injection in Kentucky does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment as defined by the constitution. In a narrowly technical ruling, the Court found that this method of execution under death penalty statutes was legal so long as there was no "substantial risk" of pain that could be alleviated by participating health professionals.In response to the court decision, Amnesty International USA released a public statement decrying the government's "preoccupation with lethal injection," cal... Addiction Inbox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1443057 Wed, 14 May 2008 20:05:00 +0100 1443057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1377929&cid=t_101088_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6778 In this photo released of Benjamin Vaughn, lower right, with his great uncle Clarence Ray Allen, lower left, and Allen’s son Roger Allen, upper left, and his wife, Dell Ray Allen, upper right, inside San Quentin Prison in San Quentin, Calif., Monday, Jan. 16, 2006, before the execution of Allen. Allen, 76, was sentenced to death for ordering the slaying of three people at a Fresno, Calif., market while he was behind bars in 1980 for another murder. The last California execution. California lethal injection executions may resume by the end of the year. Executions in California may resume by the end of the year — with one inmate being put to death by lethal injection each month — as a result of today’s Supreme Court ruling, a high-level state prosecutor said. Chief Assist... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1377929 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:28:47 +0100 1377929 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1376673&cid=t_101088_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fcruel-and-unnatural-killing-is-about-to.html An interview with Professor Robert BleckerSad but not unexpected news from the Supreme Court in the USA.By a seven to two majority they have decided that execution by lethal injection does not infringe the 8th Amendment to the Constitution and it is not "cruel and unusual" punishment. There are numerous studies of the efficacy of lethal injections and those who wish can study the lengthening list of botched executions here.US executions were on hold until the Supreme Court had made its decision. They will catch up. Governor Kaine of Virginia for one cannot wait to get cracking on the back log. The USA will once again take its place alongside the Peoples' Republic of China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. These five countries are responsible for nearly 90% of the word's executions. H... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1376673 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:47:00 +0100 1376673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1375246&cid=t_101088_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F16%2Fvictims-closure-and-the-sociology-of-emotion-abstract%2F Susan Bandes has posted an interesting paper, titled “Victims, ‘Closure’, and the Sociology of Emotion” on SSRN (forthcoming in Law and Contemporary Problems). Here is the abstract. * * * The concept of closure, almost unknown two decades ago, has had a meteoric rise. It has been enthusiastically embraced by the legal system not only as a legitimate psychological state, but as one that the criminal justice system ought to help victims and murder survivors to attain. In the death penalty context, the concept of closure has changed the way we talk about the rationale for capital punishment, it has changed the shape of the legal process, and it has even changed what both survivors and jurors in capital cases expect to feel. Yet, as I will illustrate, the term clos... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1375246 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:36:50 +0100 1375246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1253243&cid=t_101088_109_f&fid=34949&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbehavioralhealth.typepad.com%2Fmarkhams_behavioral_healt%2F2008%2F02%2Fi-am-disappoint.html While I am currently favoring the candidacy of Ralph Nader, in the actual Presidential election, I am thinking that Barack Obama will be elected our next president. So I am disappointed to learn that Barack Obama is pro-death penalty. Bill Clinton executed a mentally retarded man during his run for President, Billy Ray Rector, and Hillary supported the death penalty during her campaign for U.S. Senator from New York. This support came after Republican Governor George Pataki re-instituted the death penalty in New York State after Democrat Governors Mario Cuomo and before him Hugh Carey had consistently vetoed the death penalty bills passed by the New York State legislature for the death penalty for almost two decades. The death penalty is no deterent and since 1989 there have been over 200... Markham's Behavioral Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1253243 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:45:34 +0100 1253243 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1146096&cid=t_101088_90_f&fid=34499&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcalifmedicineman.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fphysicians-and-their-role-in-executions.html The New England Journal of Medicine has published a provocative editorial on capital punishment and the physician's role in carrying it out.Read my thoughts on this important editorial here.The New England Journal of Medicine has published a provocative editorial on capital punishment and the physician's role in carrying it out. In truth, the position taken, that no physician should agree to facilitate an execution is old and has been endorsed by many medical societies. However, in over 1,000 words, the closest thing to an argument in support of this are these words: "A profession dedicated to healing the sick has no place in the process of execution."Yet even this statement is offered without proof or justification and is merely a recapitulation of the authors' opinion. Cannot the exact o... California Medicine Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1146096 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:01:00 +0100 1146096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1133806&cid=t_101088_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6222 The old San Quentin, California Death Chamber last used with the Stanley Tookie Williams execution The United States Supreme court will take up whether execution by lethal injection is unconstitutional - cruel and unusual punishment. Flap wishes these bleeding heart federal judges, like Jeremy Fogel in California had more concern for the victims of these perp’s heinous crimes. So, make the rules, inject them with one drug or hang the creeps. If anyone thinks this will deter the anti-death penalty cabal……. (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1133806 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:44:28 +0100 1133806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1133915&cid=t_101088_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F212501194%2F On July 21st, 2006, members of the disability rights group Not Dead Yet passed out pink ribbons at the third annual Disability Pride Parade in Chicago. The parade’s Master of Ceremonies, actor, writer, and director Tekki Lomnicki , read a statement that mentioned Katherine “Katie” McCarron, whose mother, Karen McCarron, is accused of killing her in May of 2006. Karen McCarron’s trial begins this morning. And this is a ribbon in remembrance of Katie. Share This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1133915 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:34:11 +0100 1133915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1132187&cid=t_101088_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F212152707%2F Opening statements in the trial of Karen McCarron, who allegedly suffocated her three-year-old daughter with a plastic bag in May of 2006, will begin at 9am on Monday, January 7th, in Tazewell County Circuit Court for the jury of 12 people and three alternates. McCarron is charged with “two counts of first-degree murder, one count of obstructing justice and one count of concealment of a homicidal death and is free on $1 million bond.” Today’s Peoria Journal-Star reports that defense attorneys Marc Wolfe and Steve Baker have entered an insanity defense, “which essentially says McCarron committed the crime but should not be held criminally responsible because of her mental state.” The prosecutors—-Assistant Tazewell County state’s attorneys Kevin J... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1132187 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:16:19 +0100 1132187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1100124&cid=t_101088_109_f&fid=34949&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbehavioralhealth.typepad.com%2Fmarkhams_behavioral_healt%2F2007%2F12%2Fnj-bans-death-p.html Gandhi said, "An eye for an eye makes us both blind." The state killing people to teach them that killing other people is wrong never made any sense to me. Finally, the great people from the state of New Jersey are leading the way of sanity and reason in the United States abolishing the death penalty. Yahoo News reported on 12/17/07 an article distributed by the Associated Press. Here's what it says in part.Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed into law Monday a measure that abolishes the death penalty, making New Jersey the first state in more than four decades to reject capital punishment. The bill, approved last week by the state's Assembly and Senate, replaces the death sentence with life in prison without parole. "This is a day of progress for us and for the millions of people ... Markham's Behavioral Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1100124 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:58:21 +0100 1100124 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=906074&cid=t_101088_109_f&fid=34949&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbehavioralhealth.typepad.com%2Fmarkhams_behavioral_healt%2F2007%2F09%2Fanother-possibl.html Could another innocent man be executed in Alabama tomorrow? Here is a blurb from the Innocence Project's web site.Unless Alabama Gov. Bob Riley or courts intervene, Thomas Arthur will be executed tomorrow despite his claims of innocence and the possibility of DNA testing in his case. Less than two months ago, Darrell Grayson was executed after Riley refused to step in and allow DNA testing that could have proven Grayson’s guilt or innocence. The Innocence Project advocated for DNA testing in the courts and through the political system in both cases. But over the last few days, Riley has refused to even learn more about how DNA testing could prove Arthur’s innocence. “As we told the governor’s senior advisers, 42 states in the country now allow post-conviction DNA testing. In 42 st... Markham's Behavioral Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=906074 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:23:30 +0100 906074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=779984&cid=t_101088_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fif-us-is-battlefield-in-war-on-terror.html First, a little history lesson on the justification for the Iraq war by means of deceit, deception and demagoguery.As a result, even deeply conservative Republicans are troubled; Bruce Fein, for example, is speaking out against Bush and his badly-hidden agendas. What agendas? Well, with all the utter bullshit flying about, it's difficult to say for sure, but a few truths are emerging. Alternet is bold enough to baldly come to this conclusion about the Administration's domestic spying agenda.The extraordinary secrecy surrounding the spying operations revealed in Alberto Gonzales' Senate testimony is not aimed at al-Qaeda, but at the American people.They proceed to back it up with both reason and evidence, evidence based primarily on Gonzalez's awkward and obvious perjuries.Sorry, Perjury is... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=779984 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 779984 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=472279&cid=t_101088_109_f&fid=34794&url=http%3A%2F%2Fadseg-shu.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F06%2Fher-worst-fear-i-killed-him.html Michelle and I were seeing patients in the "S" clinic, when she had a no-show for an anticipated SSI evaluation. I was talking with the control officer when she approached and requested he phone the patient's house to find out where he was. The officer phoned and said, "He's dead." Michelle said, "Come on, where is he? I don't have time for this. "No, I mean it. They took him to a community hospital because of his diabetes and he died." We looked at each for a brief moment, smiled, and she called the next patient from a group waiting in a locked area. The patient said to me, "I want to see you; I don't want to see her." Everyone laughed. It reminded of Richard Pryor relating that his father died in flagrante delicto with a prostitute. "Nobody would touch that woman for six months." [Note: ... Turn Your Head and Scoff blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=472279 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:24:00 +0100 472279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552258&cid=t_101088_140_f&fid=35465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychlaws.blogspot.com%2F2005%2F10%2Fno-death-but-what-kind-of-life.html What passes for good news these days is when people who commit terrible crimes due to symptoms of an untreated mental illness are spared the death penalty.In Ohio, one prosecutor is mad about it. He swears that Gordon Franklin, 39, will spend the rest of his life behind bars. “We will do all we can to ensure [he] never leaves prison, which is all we can do in this case."You may remember that Franklin beat his 13-year-old daughter to death with a golf club. You may also remember that he is severely ill with bipolar disorder and was not taking medication.And California, it looks like the prosecutor will not seek the death penalty for Lashaun Harris, who threw her three children to their death in the bay last week.There is no good resolution to stories like these – jail is a pretty terrib... Treatment Advocacy Center blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552258 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:19:00 +0100 552258