Why not death by firing squad?

[Eirikur]

The pharmaceutical companies refuse to sell them the drugs for the purpose of performing executions.

My understanding was that the chemicals were produced in Europe and the EU put an export ban to the US on them.
You can get anything on the darknet so they must be available osmewhere

[NickFitz]

My understanding was that the chemicals were produced in Europe and the EU put an export ban to the US on them.
You can get anything on the darknet so they must be available osmewhere

When the State takes it upon itself to kill someone in cold blood, it must attempt to disguise its barbarity by giving it all the trappings of solemn legal process. Buying dodgy pills illegally from some Chinese website doesn't really fit in with that process. They can't claim the moral high ground if they have to resort to illegal activity.

[CloudWalker]

You can botch a death by firing squad.
I once had the misfortune to watch a clip from the Executions [1995] [DVD]
And the guy at the end took ages to die.

[GazCol]

You can botch a death by firing squad.
I once had the misfortune to watch a clip from the Executions [1995] [DVD]
And the guy at the end took ages to die.

Yep, Vice did a documentary on it when (from memory)Wisconsin were thinking on bringing it in. It's horrific - I think they came to the conclusion that it's not used to protect the executioners & witnesses from distress, rather than the chap facing the bullet.

[CloudWalker]

nitrogen asphyxiation FTW!

[xoggoth]

Civilised nations should not be doing it. It isn't as though the numbers involved make any difference to the prison population and, when you look at the details of most violent crime, it is clear that consequences rarely enter their minds so deterrence is unlikely to be a good reason.

[tractor]

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Yep, Vice did a documentary on it when (from memory)Wisconsin were thinking on bringing it in. It's horrific - I think they came to the conclusion that it's not used to protect the executioners & witnesses from distress, rather than the chap facing the bullet.

Which is why they used to give one of the squad a blank, so that they all might not have fired the killing shot.

[xoggoth]

Probably quickest, least messy method, if they have to do it, would be a microwave oven.

[RetSet]

Probably quickest, least messy method, if they have to do it, would be a microwave oven.

I suspect that would hurt like feck.

[BrilloPad]

I suspect that would hurt like feck.

We should ask RH's hamster...