Perfect method for legal executions

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Family members are unhappy with the method used in Ohio to put their father to death for his heinous crime, and it seems likely in this day and age that the authorities will feel they need to change their method of execution. Apart from the absurdity (in my opinion) of being concerned with a few minutes of suffering for a brutal murderer of an innocent pregnant woman, death by any legal injection seems to be too tame to scare anyone else into better behavior.

I think the perfect solution is to have a pain-free (to avoid the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment) but dramatic means of execution that would possibly have some deterrent value. In my opinion, the perfect method was devised about 225 years ago and should be resurrected: the guillotine. Just think about those Youtube videos available for gangbangers showing one of their buddy's heads rolling into a nice basket.
 
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I think it would be nice to have about half a dozen methods and let the condemned choose which he prefers. That takes away some of the absurd arguments like this one. Nothing too elaborate. Something like the below. If the condemned refuses to pick one then there should be a default method, such as Lethal Injection.

1. Hanging
2. Firing Squad
3. Lethal injection
4. Electric Chair
5. Garret
6. Drowning.
 
finesse_r said:
I think it would be nice to have about half a dozen methods and let the condemned choose which he prefers. That takes away some of the absurd arguments like this one. Nothing too elaborate. Something like the below. If the condemned refuses to pick one then there should be a default method, such as Lethal Injection.

1. Hanging
2. Firing Squad
3. Lethal injection
4. Electric Chair
5. Garret
6. Drowning.
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I like the way you think!

I would respectfully submit that in heinous crimes (especially against kids), I think an option should be stoning or beating by family members of the victim(s).
 
Re: Execution. No problem with the way it is currently administered. Do prefer that execution of capital sentences return to electrocution at best, or gas chamber. Do not agree with lethal injection. But it is better than giving the criminal a life sentence.
 
No, I better not say what I wanted to....I'd sound too insensitive and calloused about the one that got what the state decreed, and his family.


WuzzFuzz
 
In my opinion there is no such thing as cruel and unusual punishment to a guy like this. Neither does his family care. They are just trying to get a pay day out of it.

I have mixed emotions about capital punishment. If the guy confesses, willingly and not under duress, then yes, he should be removed from the planet. However, if there's any shred of doubt, then I'm not sure it's just.

In this case it appears to be the right thing. So, I have no problem with him suffering for 25 minutes. His victim suffered more.

Another issue I have is the length of time involved. This crime took place in 1989. For 25 years we housed, fed, clothed and cared for this killer. What's the point in that? If you're gonna meet out capital punishment, do it. Don't drag it out like this. There's no reason to take this long. This should have been done as soon as the trial is over.
 
"Another issue I have is the length of time involved. This crime took place in 1989. For 25 years we housed, fed, clothed and cared for this killer. What's the point in that? If you're gonna meet out capital punishment, do it. Don't drag it out like this. There's no reason to take this long. This should have been done as soon as the trial is over."
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I agree. Once someone is found guilty of a capital crime, take them outside & shoot them. Sure, there will be some miscarriages, but you know what they say about omelets. The current system is apparently not any kind of a deterrent, & I can't help but think that if a miscreant knew that he or she could be executed PDQ, maybe it would slow their roll. I'm only half kidding here.:eek:
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I still like the guillotine. Quick, sure and dramatic! And it does not require a physician, or even a licensed electrician (NY state required its executioners, when the electric chair was used, to be a licensed electrician. I guess they didn't want to risk someone getting a shock while hooking up the chair or something.)
 
Gary Gilmore requested the firing squad, and got it. If what's wanted is "humane" execution with minimal suffering, that looks like the way to go. Cheaper, too. It can even be automated--it's been done before, a long time ago.
 
Hmmmm...Snorting and gasping for air????

How about...Sodium Penathol (sp) Go to sleep....Bang!!!!! it's over, 2 minutes or less. No suffering....Never knew what happened....



AND....Sometimes there's a Silver Lining in all this....Used to be the executioner got paid....SO....It just might give some un-employed person some extra spending cash...Somehow, I'll just bet there'd be some takers for the job....


WuzzFuzz
 
Sadly no matter how humane or barbaric the chosen method of execution the following facts are undeniable:

1. The victim is not coming back
2. The perpetrator is no less likely to commit another crime as he would otherwise be serving Life without possibility of parole.
3. The execution will not serve as a deterent to any one else.
4. In many cases once the execution is carried out, the victims families actually report they dont feel the sense of relief, closure, piece of mind, or whatever else they actually thought they would.

I struggle with my feelings about capital punishment. If you support it, thats your choice, but I wish more people would be honest about why they ferverently support it, revenge. If thats your reasoning and rationale then that is between you and your god. I personally found that revenge is one of the worst motivators for anything because it tends to pull you down as well.

just my $.02 worth.
 
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vito said:
I still like the guillotine. Quick, sure and dramatic! And it does not require a physician, or even a licensed electrician (NY state required its executioners, when the electric chair was used, to be a licensed electrician. I guess they didn't want to risk someone getting a shock while hooking up the chair or something.)
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I agree with the guillotine. The state should put it on pay TV and use the proceeds to take care of the victims relatives.
 
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