Lawmakers propose changes to legislation after executions have been stayed in the state since 2015 because the state requires the use of an ‘ultra-fast-acting barbiturate’ that is no longer available
Canadian Ronald Smith speaks with the Canadian Press in Deer Lodge, Mont. on Oct. 4, 2016. The Montana legislature is again debating legislation that would allow the resumption of executions in the state including Smith, who has been on death row since 1983.The fate of a Canadian who has been on death row in Montana for the past 42 years has been thrown into more uncertainty as state legislators try again to remove obstacles to resuming executions.
All executions have been stayed in Montana since 2015 because the state requires the use of an “ultra-fast-acting barbiturate” that is no longer available. “They’re going to keep trying and do everything they can to dehumanize people and put people to death, so here we are again. What they’re trying to do is loosen the requirements regarding which substances can be used for lethal injection,” said Rate.
Going back almost 20 years, bills both to reinstate executions and abolish the death penalty have come close to passing, but have ultimately failed.“We are living in a new sort of world order here in Montana where the executive and legislative branches of government are dominated by one ideology and the death penalty fits neatly within that ideology,” he said.Smith’s longtime lawyer, Greg Jackson, didn’t expect this issue to arise again so soon.
“I’ve hit that point where I’ve done enough of this. If they’re not going to cut me a break, then go ahead and do away with me.” Smith and Rodney Munro admitted to marching Harvey Mad Man, 23, and Thomas Running Rabbit, 20, into the woods by a highway. They shot each man in the head with a sawed-off .22-calibre rifle.
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