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A large part of the problem seems to be the anxiety associated with anticipation of the event. This could be alleviated in a very humane manner by giving the patient, an anxiety and pain relieving medication’s orally several days prior to the schedule execution. However, the plan would be to give lethal dose of each, and therefore surprise the “executee”, preventing unwanted anxiety. Unfortunately, this would probably only work once. _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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Our friendly North Korea dictator always has an idea. | |||
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Little ray of sunshine |
I could be convinced to return to hanging. Quick, sure, and when done right, pretty close to pain free. And it has the feel of state justice. Or the guillotine, which is even more surely quick and painless. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Lawyers, Guns and Money |
^^^ Same. Hanging or the guillotine, which are both quick and painless, have the added benefit of being done in public. The death penalty is supposed to be a deterrent as well as a punishment. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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No matter how justifiable the punishment may be, I think an individual that would want to watch another human being killed may have some issues of their own. | |||
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lol- so I guess they used methane instead of nitrogen. I am sure it was cheaper. . | |||
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Pursuing the wicked |
Why not a good strong hit of fentanyl? Right up the nose. I bet I’ve worked or seen more than 20 unintentionally fatal fentanyl overdoses these past two years. I’ve also seen narcan bring the unresponsive mostly dead right back. Not a one I spoke to after remembering falling out. Leading cause of death in 18-40 year olds in America should also be the leading cause for condemned murderers, in my opinion. | |||
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Staring back from the abyss |
Yeah, I think we've gotten to the point in human history where such things are, shall we say, a bit unpalatable. It ain't the old west anymore. While I have zero problem with preventing violent felons from harming anyone else by removing them from the gene pool, watching that happen is not on my list of things to do. Hell, I can't even watch the Youtube videos of people doing stupid things and (presumably) hurting themselves. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Told cops where to go for over 29 years… |
No money in it for the drug companies… What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand??? | |||
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What is the argument against sedation? (Sedation + any other method)...What's the argument against it? Year V | |||
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Freethinker |
Do normal people like to watch? The (a?) last public hanging. Kentucky 1936. And as far as the evil drug companies' preventing other methods, in recent times many executions have been delayed because drug companies refused to sell the drugs necessary. ► 6.4/93.6 | |||
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Happily Retired |
Strange. Most all are wearing white. Why would that be? .....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress. | |||
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The sun was shining that day. _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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This was August in KY. Sounds toasty | |||
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The whole issue seems way out of normal bounds (duh ok), since there are a shit ton of ways to execute without any pain of any kind. The basic issue seems to be people's misunderstanding of justice and respect for the victim and the victim's family. Without reasonable time frames between conviction and execution, the justice system, the memory of the victim, and the victim's family are all gravely insulted. Maybe there's more to it than that, or maybe I'm just too simple, or maybe that's basically correct. In any case there's plenty of cowardice and moral turpitude to go around for everyone involved in delaying and stopping long overdue executions. Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster | |||
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His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm. |
Albert Pierrepoint, professional hangman | |||
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half-genius, half-wit |
So they say. Somehow I hae me doots, having cut myself on numerous occasions, an occasion accompanied by a certain degree of pain. Nothing as serious as decapitation, which, I would opine, hurts quite a lot, if only briefly. | |||
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half-genius, half-wit |
I bet that no ice-cream stand has ever had a better day than that. If I'd been the hangee, I'd have asked for one as a last meal. | |||
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His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm. |
The Eighth Amendment only prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. It doesn't say executions must be totally painless. That lets out things like the brazen bull, breaking wheel, impalement, eaten alive by animals, etc., but not hanging. That was extremely common back then, not unusual or excessively cruel (provided it breaks the neck instantly, not slowly strangling), and for a century and a half after that. George Washington had men hanged. | |||
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The 1936 equivalent of a million views of a TikTok video of torturing cats. | |||
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