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Submitted by The Fire Inside on Tue, 02/07/2006 - 6:51pm.
At least now the actual sentence has been carried out.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Mitchell Rupe, a former death row inmate once found too obese to hang, died at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla on Tuesday following a long illness, a prison spokeswoman said. He was 51.

Seattle PI

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I've never been able to quite

I've never been able to quite wrap my mind around the "cruel and unusual punishment" discussion concerning state sponsored death penalty. I suppose I do somewhat understand, the issue being carrying out the death without causing extra suffering to the person, but even as I write this, I still don't get it.

I don't support the death penalty. But if I did, would I be willing to let a death row person avoid the penalty/murder because of their health/size/age? I dunno.

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