• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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    44 minutes ago

    And in other news, South Carolina introduces bill for executions by dynamite to begin later this year.

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    21 hours ago

    ‘‘endured pain beyond the “10-to-15 second” window of consciousness that was expected.’’

    So up to 15 seconds of agony is expected. Fucking barbarians.

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    The article stated that there were three shooters, and only two gunshot wounds. I seem to recall from the early '70s that firing squads of five people or so always secretly loaded one weapon with blanks. That way the shooters could all convince themselves that they were the one who had the blank if their conscience bothered them. Maybe these guys did the same thing but with only three shooters…

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    This shows a number of things. First, how barbarian and backwards death penalty is. Second, Americans are not even good at shooting.

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    I am against the death penalty, it’s a barbaric practice and not something a civilized country should do.

    But for fucks sake, when you decide to have it, why not just heavily sedate someone first, with the help of an anesthesiologist or another medical professional?

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      with the help of an anesthesiologist or another medical professional

      Usually medical professionals aren’t involved because it’s a violation of their oath to do no harm. So then these sadistic bumblefucks just do whatever they want.

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    Why were they not aiming for the head? 2 headshots would have put him out of his misery instantly even if the 3rd person missed.

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      It’s either because they want to pretend it’s a civilized execution method by making it look better or because they want to keep the option of doing it wrong and making the victim suffer longer.

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    I’m pretty sure people sentenced to death get to choose their execution method, so this guy chose firing squad?

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      The death penalty is barbaric no matter how it’s done, but if the state was going to put me to death then bleeding out in five minutes by firing squad seems a lot better than drug-induced tortured breathing for an hour.

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      Recently some states have brought it back specifically. No points for guessing which way those states lean politically.

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    The article mentions only noticing 2 hits on the body. My understanding is that there is always 1 blank in a firing squad execution, to leave some amount of doubt in the minds of those pulling the trigger. I would point to that as to why there were only 2 bullet holes, but I would also expect everyone, from those quoted to the journalist writing the article, to know that, so now I have to second guess whether or not that is the case after all.

    Edit: here