Vessels of Mystery

The Christian state of Alabama has been forced to abort another execution after the justice dispensation team failed to find a vein in time. This is the second time in three months that the state's pious pastime has suffered an unfortunate hitch: in July, the Christian state of Alabama took three presumably improving hours to complete a lethal injection. The latest beneficiary claimed he had requested execution by gas, on the grounds of a phobia of needles and in accordance with his legal rights; but the Christian state of Alabama was in too much of a hurry to cater to his whims. A judge found it likely that the request had been duly made and issued a delaying order, which was overruled by the nation's Christian supreme court. Given the obvious trend of the Divine Will on the matter, the reason why no viable pathway to the prisoner's veins was clearly marked out by the holy light of righteousness remains as yet unclear.