Speaking of judges legislating from the bench....

.... we were speaking about that weren't we? Here is the perfect latest example of such a ruling. The Nebraska Supremes ruled that executing a convicted killer in the electric chair is 'cruel and unusual'! The fella kidnapped his girl friend's 3 year old boy, did whatever to him, then killed him and stored body parts in the fridge and fed other parts to his dog... Now he wants to end his stay on death row and .... well, here - read it for yourself:

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A year ago, Carey Dean Moore wrote a short letter to the Nebraska Supreme Court from his cell on death row. "Appellant wishes to be executed," it said.

On Friday, the court said electrocution is unconstitutional, a stunning response to Dean, nine others on death row and those who question whether the electric chair constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

"Condemned prisoners must not be tortured to death, regardless of their crimes," Judge William Connolly wrote in the 6-1 opinion for the court.

The decision erased Nebraska's distinction as the only state with electrocution as its sole means of execution. State courts are left with the ability to sentence people to death but no way to carry out the penalty.

The high court made the ruling in the case of Raymond Mata Jr., convicted for the 1999 kidnapping and killing of 3-year-old Adam Gomez of Scottsbluff, the son of his former girlfriend. Parts of the boy's body were found at Mata's home in a freezer and dog bowl. Bone fragments also were recovered from the stomach of Mata's dog.

The court said in its opinion that evidence shows that electrocution inflicts "intense pain and agonizing suffering" and that it "has proven itself to be a dinosaur more befitting the laboratory of Baron Frankenstein" than a state prison.

Don't that beat all. For the past hundred years - it wasn't cruel and unusual , but this week it is. Now Ole' Pecoz ain't one of the 'eye for an eye' folks, elsewise I'd suggest choppin' this dude up and putting his body in the pit with that Georgia quarterbacks puppies -- but I tell you what, I'd sure be for bringing back public hangings or firing squads --- this lethal injection thing is a farce! Hell, did you know they swab the arm with alcohol before they inject the poison? Like the evil doer is gonna get infected or somethin'? Lord have Mercy - where are we going in this country....