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1. joegibbs · 1790833441 · focus · HN ↗

   I am very against medicalised punishments like this. It’s bad for medicine as a whole to be associated with it. I also think it prolongs the suffering of the person and often has things like this happen, and is mainly for the benefit of the audience not wanting to see icky blood.

   What is wrong with firing squads? They have been used longer than lethal injections. If they didn’t succeed the first time they can fire again. There’s no danger of the drugs not working or not being able to find a vein.

   Also I don’t think it’s right for a prisoner to be on death row for most of their lives. 4-5 years is good enough, but after that it’s cruel.

   1. belorn · 1790864909 · focus · HN ↗

      I would guess that most people being shot and dies do so from bleeding out or disruption to breathing, and not the impact itself. The only thing that actually is guarantied to work, fast and produce minimal pain would be an high speed explosion.

      1. simonra · 1790875306 · focus · HN ↗

         I thought overdosing on opiates was highly easy to achieve, basically pain free, and also relatively cheap even in the social backwaters of the world where they have death penalties?

         1. fatbird · 1790881996 · focus · HN ↗

            This is how pets are euthanized, usually, and it's about as humane as it gets. That said, you'd never sell this because the portion of the population who want the death penalty either want it to be inhumane, or would balk at the possibility of making the condemned euphoric before death.
         2. belorn · 1790884635 · focus · HN ↗

            How an opiate impact a person varies from person to person. Some would fall asleep, others would violently convulse, some would get trouble breathing, and others would get irregular heart rhythms and multiple heart attacks.

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