i might want to be burned at the stake
2006-11-02 17:14:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
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2006-11-05 11:32:58 · answer #1 · answered by Vicki Von 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a very few jurisdictions there is a choice of method of being put to death. In Florida there is (still, according to Wikipedia) a choice between the electric chair and lethal injection. This would have started I think after Ted Bundy's electrocution. In Utah as I recall there was once a choice between the firing squad and hanging. Gary Gilmore's execution comes to mind. Some of these choices still exist in states, and the list is footnoted in the first linked Web page below.
But you can't be burned at the stake unless you do it yourself before your arrest.
2006-11-03 01:38:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
No you can't. It has little or nothing to do with the Consitution - it wouldn't be violating your rights if YOU didn't think it was cruel and unusual (you ARE requesting it...)
As a convicted felon, you have very little choice as to anything that goes on in your life. The State that convicts you of a Capital Offense has a method or methods of execution. You will get what they decide, not what you decide.
2006-11-03 01:30:18 · answer #3 · answered by APRock 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think a convicted criminal gets a choice of anything. But, you will have to leave the USA, if you want to be burned at the stake--no states do executions that way.
2006-11-03 01:21:54 · answer #4 · answered by retorik75 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO...the US Constitution forbids no Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Past methods have been tested in the courts and are no longer in use. What you are left with in what that state deems as the most humane way of terminating your life. In some states you don't even get that right. So life in prison is your capital punishment.
2006-11-03 01:25:32 · answer #5 · answered by Laughing Man Copycat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure you can request that you be sentenced to spending the
rest of your life reading the dumb questions on Yahoo answers.
2006-11-03 01:18:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Eight Amendment protections apply whether you want them or not.
2006-11-03 01:17:12 · answer #7 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Need a light? You could always burn yourself.
2006-11-03 01:38:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that would be cruel and unusual. It would be against the law.
2006-11-03 01:16:27 · answer #9 · answered by sdh0407 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea but that would seem smartassy and then they wouldnt want to do it
2006-11-03 01:16:11 · answer #10 · answered by ceesteris 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋