[grey_whiskers]

Technically, the Constitution forbids "cruel *and* unusual punishments": so I think tying them to the bomb casing for a below-ground nuclear test would be allowable: their bodies would be converted to ionized plasma before any nerve transmissions carrying pain could even reach their spinal cords.

[MNDude]

but eventually, we would all inhale at least a few of their molecules. not sure if I’d like that.