Romell Broom, abducted, raped, and murdered a 14-year-old girl in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1984. He was sentenced to die. Now, only 25 years later, his sentence was finally being carried out in September. But he's still alive. The executioner couldn't hit a vein, so the execution was halted and his attorney secured a temporary restraining order against trying again.
"There's still a state that wants to execute Romell Broom even though he's been through this horrific, tortuous 2 1/2-hour battle with the executioners . . ." Well, bless his heart! Wonder how long it took him to rape and murder that little girl? Anyway, how many of us have not at one time or another been in the hospital and experienced the same thing when medical personnel had problems hitting a vein? It's certainly no picnic, but I don't think I'd call it horrific. Rape and murder are horrific. I have a solution -- bring back "Old Sparky." A million volts will do the job -- no vein required.
Back to the question of whether or not Romell Broom should still be executed. Is that little girl still dead?
"Judge delays 2nd try at execution after lethal injection is botched." The Dallas Morning News; September 19, 2009; p. 9A.
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It's disgusting the compassion they show to those that are so undeserving.
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