[Faline]

Interesting read, thanks

[chefbob09]

[petedeamon]

Spare the needle, spoil the psychopath...

[bigdogmean12]

So are we suppose to feel bad about those sentenced to death? I don't think we should. Their in there for a reason. You think a crowd of people in mob mode feels bad for the guy they just lit on fire for whatever reason ? Do you think the government feels bad when they let thousands of our citizens die in a politicians mess in some other country ? Do you think a cop feels bad when he smashes some person off the ground ? Do you think a crack head feels bad that he just shanked some lady for her purse ? I'm a sympathetic man too, but when a person is on death row for their crimes, and they know their guilty. Why should we feel bad for them ? Maybe a little ? But if some loser killed one of my family members. I wouldn't feel a thing for that person. I would pissed that they didn't let me have 1 minute with them before they give them the needle. And I think they should all die by firing squad. Let them feel some pain too..

[baberry64828]

Originally Posted by econobox ↗

Why do they have to use a "Rube Goldberg" setup (anaesthetic, paralyzing agent, then potassium chloride)? When a dog is euthanized, a single-drug setup (barbituate overdose) is used.

There have been challenges of "cruel and unusual punishment" on the grounds that not enough anaesthetic was given, so the prisoner was still concious, and the paralyzing agent kept their reaction to the KCl from being seen. Since the anaesthetic is from the barbituate family (known to have a narrow theraputic index, i.e. the lethal dose is a small multiple of the normal dose), why not simplify things: Inject the prisoner with (calculated to be) a lethal dose of the anaesthetic. Wait a few minutes. Is he still alive? Then give him some more. Repeat as necessary - and zero possibility of the prisoner still being concious at the time of death.

lather-rinse-repeat!!

[CrazyDiamond]

I don't understand why we don't use the guillotine method for those with clean organs to become further donors... At least they would have given something back to society.

[souris]

Lethal injection is just another example of humans trying to do the right thing but being humans it always gets fucked up. It SEEMS like a humane way of killing someone, on paper; just get a few prestigious doctors together to write their names on some paper. But of course all people are different and some doses don't always work one size fits all. But whatever. I'm still laughing at the other dude who said rope is still cheap.

[Kanda444]

Originally Posted by souris ↗

Lethal injection is just another example of humans trying to do the right thing but being humans it always gets fucked up. It SEEMS like a humane way of killing someone, on paper; just get a few prestigious doctors together to write their names on some paper. But of course all people are different and some doses don't always work one size fits all. But whatever. I'm still laughing at the other dude who said rope is still cheap.

compound that with (at least in the US) the difficulty there now is even getting the drugs needed. now they substitute drugs with other drugs and they have had a lot of cases where it just flat out fails.

im against the idea of capital punishment altogether but.... that's a topic for another thread, another day.

[Shattered AURA]

Firing squad. Cheap. Effective.

[fenek]

There was another botched execution in Arizona, I think, today (or yesterday?). It is funny that just about anyone on this forum can, within an hour, figure out a way to die of a drug overdose, but the State can't figure out how to kill a man with barbiturates and fucking table salt!