We did but instead strapped them to a chair and dropped the tablets into Gas Chamber to dissolve into a gas. You couldn’t make them eat it themselves so the next best thing was the knowledge they eventually had to breath, or not.
Remember Gorman just bit a pill and was dead in seconds.
Of all the traditional methods, the gas chamber was most likely to be eliminated as cruel, with the electric chair not far behind.
Both of them became prevalent because the public desired bloodless executions.
Now, the public desires bloodless executions which do not involve dread or temporary pain prior to death.
This public is on the way to banning it altogether.
Of all the traditional methods, the gas chamber was most likely to be eliminated as cruel, with the electric chair not far behind.
Both of them became prevalent because the public desired bloodless executions.
Now, the public desires bloodless executions which do not involve dread or temporary pain prior to death.
This public is on the way to banning it altogether.