I didn't read this thread but I have been seeing this story and I'm very well known for saying things that many might disagree with. I think the execution was botched on purpose. We live in a very sissified world and the governor, the prison or whoever was so distraught at the thought of giving someone the death penalty that they messed it up on purpose. Since it failed, they should definitely try again.
I have seen my fair share of people who call themselves Christians begging and pleading for this woman to be set free. Many fall under this belief that because Paul was once a murderer, that means every murderer, p*dofile, r*pist and dirty old man with a dungeon under his house is going to become the next living Saint and bring us all to God. Praying for other souls to find God is something we are religiously obligated to do, but frankly it rarely works. Every whackjob liberal and "progressive Christian" loves to ignore the fact that this woman is a Satanist who tortured another human being and kept a piece of her victim's skull. I have even seen some weirdo feminists who tried to claim that this execution was an attack on women, ignoring that a woman was the victim. The real victim.
So, here comes the harsh reality. Sure, we can pray for her soul and whatever. But the truth is she isn't going to change. She was in prison for over thirty years and never once showed any sign of remorse or inclination to come to Jesus. She's a lost cause and giving her the death penalty is the only thing we as a society can do. I have talked about considering Catholicism before, but one of the things that has stopped me is that the Church is now anti-death penalty. We need the death penalty. It's not the police picking up random people to torture in an electric chair. If we let this murderess go free, then what? Who will hire her? Is the state supposed to waste money keeping her alive like it has been doing for the past thirty years?
Bottom line is we need the death penalty, and this woman should face a firing squad. Not sorry for anything I just said!
Edited to ad: we should think less about coddling murderers and think about being compassionate for the families of victims who will never heal!