The Death Penalty – Beginnings to an End.

Some of the best news in American ethics in a decade – the state of California today postponed indefinitely the execution of a San Quentin State Prison death row inmate, because no doctors, nurses, or licensed medical professionals allowed to give a lethal injection would come forward with the federal ruling that the state's execution methods were cruel and unusual punishment.

"“We are unable to have a licensed medical professional come forward to inject the medication intravenously, causing the life to end,” (the spokesman for the prison said).

Glory Alleluia. Long live Michael Morales and may he pay fully for his sins while he rots in a cold cell, a much worse, realized punishment than the easy-out of lethal injection that has no solid proof of deterring other criminals.


Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, Director of Amnesty International USA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, said regarding the execution:

"The lethal injection issues surrounding Michael Morales' impending execution further reinforce the fact that there is no humane way to take a life. Amnesty International commends the anesthesiologists and other medical personnel who took a principled stand, abided by their ethical obligations and refused to participate in this macabre protocol. The fact that the state of California would carry out this execution regardless flies in the face of human decency..."