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Forget lethal injection

Make killers fight to the death on pay-per-view
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The profits could go to the victims' families if Don King doesn't grab them first
BobStCul, Oct 13 2000

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       Yeah, I like old Arnie movies, too.
centauri, Oct 16 2000
  

       Corcoran State Prison in California Guards used to send known enemies into a small exercise yard at the same time, they'd fight, sometimes the guards would shoot. Bets were on and so were the cameras.
thumbwax, Oct 16 2000
  

       Giving them an audience just inspires others to want to be in their place could actually backfire on us - every kid in my neighborhood can't spell his own name, but is destin in their own minds to be a "foobaww" star!
hotrodmama, Nov 29 2000
  

       if we sentence EVERYone to blood sport it's just cruel, not unusual... I've always been annoyed by the wording of that one.
djymm, Mar 31 2001
  

       Misread the title: I thought this meant small performances for the LI viewers would be tolerated. They could halt the process while one executioner fumbled about in a pocket looking for a vial. Sheepishly, like in an Abbott and Costello routine, "The poison, I thought you were supposed to bring it!"
reensure, May 11 2001
  

       didn't the Romans do that?
dekoi, May 11 2001
  

       Lethal injection is like putting a dog down. Euthanasia is an easy death. The problem with the US is that the average sentence served for murder is 5 years. Gladiator fights would stop that.
Amishman35, Dec 28 2003
  
      
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