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Judge Isaac Parker had an expert hangman who figured out that placing the knot just behind the left ear jerked the neck in just the right fashion as to be quick and relatively painless.

Convicted murderers have NO constitutional right to a 100% pain-free execution, but Judge Parker's hangman came pretty dang close. In a career spanning over a decade, be did not have a single botched hanging.

With all the sleezebags we have on death row awaiting execution, I'm sure we could develop someone with the skill of Judge Parker's hangman with just a little more practice. Heck, I'm willing to volunteer if needed.

You're 100 percent correct. The Constitution forbids "cruel and unusual" punishment. It doesn't forbid the punishment from being painful, just as long as it's not sadistic and bizarre. There is no KIND way to execute someone. Or to PUNISH them, for that matter! Lethal injection comes as close to a painless death as is humanly possible at this point in time. The only other faster (and cheaper) method I can think of is a quick bullet to the back of the skull. Then send the family a bill for the bullet.

Or, if anyone is really worried about the vermin experiencing pain, knock them out with the same drugs they use on surgical patients. It's a cinch that you don't feel anything when you're "under" in the OR. Then, while they're out, hit them with the heart-stopper. Then throw the body into the grizzly bear exhibit.