I found the bill last night I was getting confused on if the chair is default. The language in that bill clarified it. What made it so confusing is adding the firing squad. It should’ve been left as is.
I found the bill last night I was getting confused on if the chair is default. The language in that bill clarified it. What made it so confusing is adding the firing squad. It should’ve been left as is.
If their state supreme court ruled that you can’t sue against a convict-selected method, adding firing squad is useful because that’s a field where experience is needed and currently lacking in the U.S.
If their state supreme court ruled that you can sue it, that is still worth the try, because if one method is struck down and the other is not you can still have some executions. It might be beneficial to have some of them barred even from federal courts-challenges alone.
That applies also if their state supreme court did not rule on the issue, in such case they should quote Stewart v. Lagrand as a persuasive precedent in their court filings.
Last edited by Steven AB; 03-03-2021 at 12:14 PM.
"If ever there were a case for a referendum, this is one on which the people should be allowed to express their own views and not irresponsible votes in the House of Commons." — Winston Churchill, on the death penalty
The self-styled "Death Penalty Information Center" is financed by the oligarchic European Union. — The Daily Signal
"There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche
Here’s the link to the bill if anyone wants to read it
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess124...bills/200.docx
Not sure that all previous bills passed both houses while the governor already announced he will sign it.
One article said last month:
Republicans are much better situated to pass the bill this year. In November, the GOP won seats in both the House and the Senate, strengthening their ability to derail any Democratic effort to stop the bill.
https://www.thestate.com/news/politi...249175750.html
Whatever the circumstances it is always worth to try. Always.
Last edited by Steven AB; 03-03-2021 at 01:48 PM.
"If ever there were a case for a referendum, this is one on which the people should be allowed to express their own views and not irresponsible votes in the House of Commons." — Winston Churchill, on the death penalty
The self-styled "Death Penalty Information Center" is financed by the oligarchic European Union. — The Daily Signal
Reconciliation of House and Senate bills is where legislation that representatives want to vote for but don't want to pass goes to die.
We have no indication that this bill is in "reconciliation", nor that this process means that in South Carolina. It is not even sure it exists in that state. Even at the federal level "reconciliation" is a process for budget legislation, which this bill isn't. The prior post is a dodge with zero factual basis.
Last edited by Steven AB; 03-03-2021 at 04:40 PM.
"If ever there were a case for a referendum, this is one on which the people should be allowed to express their own views and not irresponsible votes in the House of Commons." — Winston Churchill, on the death penalty
The self-styled "Death Penalty Information Center" is financed by the oligarchic European Union. — The Daily Signal
Reconciliation is a term for coming up with a single bill to pass when different versions pass the House and Senate.
That’s quite different from what you said previously. Besides, not adopting an identical bill at first reading is quite common in bicameral systems and not inconsistent with final enactment as law.
But you are right to point out that the amend-and-send process cannot be indefinite. In this case the House should adopt the last Senate bill without change.
http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...l=1#post133376
http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...l=1#post133378
Last edited by Steven AB; 03-03-2021 at 04:45 PM.
"If ever there were a case for a referendum, this is one on which the people should be allowed to express their own views and not irresponsible votes in the House of Commons." — Winston Churchill, on the death penalty
The self-styled "Death Penalty Information Center" is financed by the oligarchic European Union. — The Daily Signal
It's a pretty common trick up here for bills to die in reconciliation. ymmv
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