The Death Penalty in Louisiana

nickthemagicman wrote: post #2

I live in Louisiana. America has the highest incarceration rate per capita amongst all countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera... Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_incarce... Tis truly a messed up place.

Something doesn't add up. The country list puts the US incarceration rate at 707 per 100k, but the state list gives an average of 478 per 100k including federal, which the highest state not even breaking 700. What gives?

Re: The Death Penalty in Louisiana

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Post by mcherm » Wed, Jul 01, 2015, 1:02 PM UTC

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Re: The Death Penalty in Louisiana

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Post by andrelaszlo » Wed, Jul 01, 2015, 1:04 PM UTC

acquihelpHN wrote: post #3

nickthemagicman wrote: post #2

I live in Louisiana. America has the highest incarceration rate per capita amongst all countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera... Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_incarce... Tis truly a messed up place.

Something doesn't add up. The country list puts the US incarceration rate at 707 per 100k, but the state list gives an average of 478 per 100k including federal, which the highest state not even breaking 700. What gives?

"Jail and federal prison inmates are not included in the state rates."

Re: The Death Penalty in Louisiana

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Post by maxerickson » Wed, Jul 01, 2015, 1:04 PM UTC

nickthemagicman wrote: post #2

I live in Louisiana. America has the highest incarceration rate per capita amongst all countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera... Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_incarce... Tis truly a messed up place.

Those numbers for the states are based on prisoners under state jurisdiction (excluding county jail in other states), does the parish system potentially factor into Louisiana dealing with a larger percentage of incarcerations at the state level?

Re: The Death Penalty in Louisiana

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Post by jedmeyers » Wed, Jul 01, 2015, 1:04 PM UTC

acquihelpHN wrote: post #3

nickthemagicman wrote: post #2

I live in Louisiana. America has the highest incarceration rate per capita amongst all countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera... Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_incarce... Tis truly a messed up place.

Something doesn't add up. The country list puts the US incarceration rate at 707 per 100k, but the state list gives an average of 478 per 100k including federal, which the highest state not even breaking 700. What gives?

Most likely the country list includes inmates in Federal prisons, which do not technically belong to any state.

Re: The Death Penalty in Louisiana

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 01, 2015, 1:05 PM UTC

acquihelpHN wrote: post #3

nickthemagicman wrote: post #2

I live in Louisiana. America has the highest incarceration rate per capita amongst all countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera... Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_incarce... Tis truly a messed up place.

Something doesn't add up. The country list puts the US incarceration rate at 707 per 100k, but the state list gives an average of 478 per 100k including federal, which the highest state not even breaking 700. What gives?

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Re: The Death Penalty in Louisiana

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Post by sschueller » Wed, Jul 01, 2015, 1:11 PM UTC

Why does the US use a complex 3 injection cocktail?

In countries where assisted suicide is legal people just swallow a pill and go peacefully to sleep. Yet in the US there is this "crisis" of not being abel to source the injections needed.

Pets are also put down very easily with a single injection which makes them go to sleep and the heart beats slower and slower until it stops in a few minutes.

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Post by githulhu » Wed, Jul 01, 2015, 1:23 PM UTC

sschueller wrote: post #9

Why does the US use a complex 3 injection cocktail? In countries where assisted suicide is legal people just swallow a pill and go peacefully to sleep. Yet in the US there is this "crisis" of not being abel to source the injections needed. Pets are also put down very easily with a single injection which makes them go to sleep and the heart beats slower and slower until it stops in a few minutes.

The complexity makes it look like we are going to great lengths to minimize the pain of the condemned, supporting the pretense of a "humane" execution and undermining the claims of opponents that the punishment is cruel and unusual.