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Alabama executes death-row prisoner with nitrogen gas
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There is no humane way, they all fuck up. Most people who actually support the death penalty want recipients to suffer.
Agreed, but firing squad seems to be the closest to humane.
The executed died quickly, and the executors don’t know for certain that they had a bullet.
I think they found extreme PTSD in the executioners that used that method.
You don't know if you killed them or not, a lot of times. That will gnaw at people who aren't okay with killing, especially in such a cold and sterile way.
Plus, it isn't always quick.
As someone who has fired a ton of live rounds as well as a ton of blanks, I don’t understand how anyone can’t tell whether they fired one or the other.
I would say guillotine would be closest. Even an entire squad shooting at you could potentially miss your heart.
Due to blood being produced I believe that's disqualified. Otherwise a .22 caliber bullet followed instantly by a .22 hollow point to both the brain and the heart simultaneously would be the fastest and most humane experience for the victim.
However, very few people want to build and operate such a contraption.
Why is blood an issue? Other than cleanup?
the best answer I can find is that the Olympic committee protested that it would affect whether the Olympics would accept attendance in that city if they allowed it, maybe someone can do a deeper dive.
Of why it's coming back - a) Trump repopularized execution, b) Pfizer caved to public pressure to stop producing lethal injection drugs and c) electric chairs aren't humane and suffer the same issue as firing squad that executioners suffer PTSD, it's not very humane - being painful, long and often taking multiple attempts until the victim has a heart attack, which they of course experience and then die.
It seems like the answer I can get is that nobody really likes killing people, those that do suffer PTSD, and the messier the method the more unpopular it is.
Probably, with a bit of reflection, many people don't actually like the death penalty when it comes to being present at it.