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They should use laughing gas.
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Dentists use it.
Start with a low dose an keep increasing it until it is 100%.
The “patient” would just go to sleep and not wake up again.
With raffle tickets sold to decide who gets to be on the squad. Probably instantly balance the budget of most states.
That’ll definitely work.
The only reason injection is used is to protect the delicate sensibilities of the spectators and the public. There is no way to know if the prisoner feels any pain or not. It all looks so clean and sterile.
Be realistic. If you’re executing someone, you want them to be dead in a short time. That’s the goal.
Yes, the firing squad.
Yes, he did. He was the HANGING JUDGE.
Execution does prevent MORE murders from said murderer.
Probably much more humane, if they aim for the brain.
Historically, a very large percentage of people executed by firing squad survive the initial volley. Probably because most people, especially inexperienced soldiers, find it difficult to shoot straight while looking their human target in the eye.
Traditionally, this was handled by having the officer in charge finish the wounded person off by a bullet into the brain at point blank range.
Leading to the fairly obvious question, “Why not just do the bullet in the brain, and skip the often ineffective (or, more accurately, inconclusive) volley?”
"International law",don't you know.