[PapaNew]

Why Do We Use It?

Because there's no right way to do the wrong thing. Same with trying to "fix" Obamacare.

[Tennessee Nana]

Napalm baby..

if its good enough for unborn babies its good enough for adult killers..

[BitWielder1]

It was supposed to be more humane.
I don't see why they can't use the same drugs as when they euthanize pets.
We know it works and the supply is plentiful.

[redhawk.44mag]

Why can’t they just use a lot of heroin?

[Mouton]

Gee, well if the other “controlled” executions did not work, how about we try some new ones like the drop from a bomb bay from 40000 feet without a parachute; flame thrower till melted down, water immersion for two hours, and having to listen to an obama speech over and over for a few days.

[Tijeras_Slim]

We just need more practice.

[Theo]

I’ve heard that drug companies are refusing to sell the necessary drugs to prisons, out of political correctness.

[Bryanw92]

The guillotine is 100% effective.

[Sacajaweau]

Firing squad makes the most sense.

[gdani]

So Why Do We Use It?

Because the government screws up most everything it touches and capital punishment is no exception.

[Zippo44]

ping

[ItsOurTimeNow]

Lockett deserved a hell of a lot more agony for what he did to that little girl. Now he’s become the poster boy for capital punishment reform?

[Tenacious 1]

I am not certain what they mean when “an execution” is botched. If we are measuring on the results, we are batting 1,000. They all end up dead. If they are trying to guess what % of abnormalities occur, we should remember that technology is the order of the day in all things medical, including executions.

Beheading wasn’t even perfect. If a blade was dull, it could get ugly. As in everything human, it boils down to competency of individuals. Let’s not go and re-invent the wheel here.

[DoodleDawg]

Shoot them three times with a shotgun and bury them alive. I understand that was 100% effective for Lockett.

[Vaduz]

So they can feel the pain they caused an eye for an eye.

[Obadiah]

Well this article seems to be making the case to bring back ‘Ol Sparky.

[SECURE AMERICA]

Killing a human being turns out to be surpassingly hard to do.

Only for our Justice system.........
Human beings have been easily killing other human beings since the dawn of time.....
We just make it more difficult then it needs to be.....

[fruser1]

Why don’t they just use second-hand smoke?

[katykelly]

Why not the Terri Shivo treatment ? The libs told us it was humane and even euphoric .

[The Great RJ]

Having been an advanced EMT, I know first hand that starting and maintaining an IV can be difficult even under the best of circumstances. Adding to the difficulty is that many of the condemned have a history of IV drug use and the fear factor of your impending execution causing veins to constrict. I think the cruelest part of the procedure is the time it takes to start the IV...in some cases hours. The drug cocktails may also be problematic.

I know the intent is to make the process "clean" and clinical compared to sometimes gruesome methods like electrocution, gas chamber, firing squad and hanging, but lethal injection has its own problems like we saw in Oklahoma.

If we are to continue having capital punishment something simple and foolproof like nitrogen asphyxiation should be used. There would be no need to have a sealed gas chamber as with cyanide, just a well sealed room. Simply adding a sufficient quantity of liquid nitrogen to the room would quickly cause a displacement of the oxygen. Unconsciousness is rapid and without struggle and death is assured in a few minutes.