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Firing squads don't do headshots. It deprives the family of open casket funerals.I sort of wonder why it was done away with? I would think lethal injections and the electric chair are more barbaric than a headshot where the person dies instantly.
But, I'm not a huge supporter of the death penalty....I understand why it exists, but find it unfortunate.
I didn’t even think of that aspect.Firing squads don't do headshots. It deprives the family of open casket funerals.
4 or five other states already have firing squads. This state just joined them.I sort of wonder why it was done away with?
I would think lethal injections and the electric chair are more barbaric than a headshot where the person dies instantly.
But, I'm not a huge supporter of the death penalty....I understand why it exists, but find it unfortunate.
They don't even need a man to pull the trigger anymore. Just one guy presses a button from around the corner.Firing squads don't do headshots. It deprives the family of open casket funerals.
I sort of wonder why it was done away with? I would think lethal injections and the electric chair are more barbaric than a headshot where the person dies instantly.
But, I'm not a huge supporter of the death penalty....I understand why it exists, but find it unfortunate.
See post 6.I think the main problem is getting people to volunteer to be executioners at a firing squad.
I doubt it's something you can force someone to do.
I don't know. I think a bullet to the head is actually more appealing than lethal injection. I think I would lose my mind if my wife were falsely convicted of murder and endured lethal injection.South Carolina now has the means to perform capital punishment by firing squad.
I'm anti death penalty, but if it's gotta happen I'd prefer something a bit more 21st century.
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lethal injection sounds horrible. there is speculation of people being unable to move or speak but going through agonizing pain for minutes on end.I don't know. I think a bullet to the head is actually more appealing than lethal injection. I think I would lose my mind if my wife were falsely convicted of murder and endured lethal injection.
People can be killed humanely by placing them in a sealed chamber and filling it with an inert gas like nitrogen, but my guess is state agents like the idea of shooting people instead.
Let's not forget that the government has no incentive to get (and kill) the right person, and the state agent responsible for the wrongful homicide will face no consequences.
South Carolina now has the means to perform capital punishment by firing squad.
I'm anti death penalty, but if it's gotta happen I'd prefer something a bit more 21st century.
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You'd think, but I read that when Gary Gilmour was about to be executed by firing squad in Provo, Utah the State Department of corrections was flooded with volunteers.I think the main problem is getting people to volunteer to be executioners at a firing squad.
I doubt it's something you can force someone to do.
That is untrue.They don't even need a man to pull the trigger anymore. Just one guy presses a button from around the corner.
But that isn't true.See post 6.
He said they will face no consequences for getting the wrong person. Not the same thing.You really do have a rather sick view of government.
They have no incentive to get the right person? You think they really don't care if they execute the wrong person?
Okay. It did sound kind of strange.But that isn't true.
It helps to understand that all of these newer methods for executing someone we've invented exist purely to make it more palatable to the public, not to be easier on the subject. All of the methods we have ever used are cruel.I didn’t even think of that aspect.
Yeah, outside of a headshot, it would definitely be cruel.