“...a firing squad, electrocution, hanging, lethal gas, being burned at the stake...”
While it might be unusual, it would lesson the chance of a cruel “choking on his own blood to death” if they did all of the above I would think.
(Burning at the stake? Really? I think I would prefer to choke on my own blood.)
That’s nothing compared to seeing a man who’s arm got shredded off by a small wood chipper. It looks like raw beef.