• JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I don’t see why they do any method other than a bullet or the lance gun thing they use to kill cows/sheep/etc by launching a spike into the brain. Surely that’s the quickest and painless method right?

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        9 months ago

        Yeah, if we really wanted an instant-death mechanism with zero chance of any pain then we’d probably pack the victim in dynamite and vaporize them faster than nerve signals can travel.

        Unfortunately people who are pro-death-penalty are often weirdly squeamish about stuff like that.

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          9 months ago

          You’ve clearly thought about this. I didn’t need that visual in my head, but here we are.

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            9 months ago

            Wish it wasn’t a subject that I’d have to think about but it does come up way more than it should.

            On the plus side, use enough dynamite and there’d be nothing left to be squeamish about. Not even bits of teeth.

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        9 months ago

        Sure, if you shoot someone in the head from 20ft or accidentally drive a rod in someone’s brain that might occasionally be a survivable event. But if you aim from closeby, with the intent of ending someones life? Chances of survival are slim to none. (With a mercy shot being an option if that’s the case)

        I’m vehemently against the death penalty, but there are about a thousand ways to do it ‘better’ than the US is doing right now (it just wouldn’t be as neat/clean, which apparently is more important to the people in charge)

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      9 months ago

      Quickest and least painful is probably the guillotine. Immediate drop in blood pressure to the brain might give you a few seconds of consciousness after it happens, but you’d be in too much shock to feel any pain. You wouldn’t be slowly choking to death like this fellow.