The really ironic part is that those who whine about the suffering of the criminal and clamor for more humane methods of execution are often proposing methods that are less humane and cause more suffering. What they really want are methods that don’t look so gruesome to them, rather than methods that actually cause less suffering.
For example, they would all freak out if we brought back the guillotine, but death by guillotine would be very quick and further severing the spinal cord would prevent nerve signals communicating pain from reaching the brain, so the method would be effectively painless for the criminal. A fast and painless method certainly seems more humane than so-called humane methods that allow the person to live for many minutes during the execution, doesn’t it? In similar fashion, hanging and firing squads give quick death with minimal suffering for the criminal.
Besides what do these idiots know about inhumane execution methods? Bring back crucifixion or drawing and quartering if you want to see REAL inhumane executions. Nothing we do now even comes close.
This reminds me of the veterinary euthanasia manual that I read at lunchtime over the course of a few days. Some of the methods sound horrific and an observer would find them very distressing to watch. But the methods are all recommended because they give a quick and painless death to the animal. The manual does recommend to select one of the less graphic methods if the animal's owner is watching.