"By executing Brad Sigmon, South Carolina has also executed the possibility of redemption," said one critic. "Our state is declaring that no matter what you do to make up for your wrongdoing, we reserve the right to kill you."
shieeeet if i was on death row, and i had a choice, i;d take the firing squad over lethal injection any day.
in case y’all didn’t know lethal injection is a cocktail of 3 different drugs that were never approved by any doctor, the whole “do no harm” bit. typically its a sedative, a paralytic, and a potassium shot to seal the deal. there have been cases where people are alive and but paralyzed for way too long while the potassium is slowly and agonizingly killing then
No one is arguing it’s perfect or “painless”, but in light of high-profile botched executions where the convict is unintentionally(?) tortured for hours before they died it seems to be the better option.
Multiple people targeting your brain and heart… It will be worse to watch and you might cause psychological damage to anyone watching or taking part… but at least you won’t suffer for long.
They don’t aim at the head. They aim at the heart. And not every rifle has a live round so no one knows who fired the killing shot. At least that’s how it was traditionally done.
still id rather get shot, and die of shock and blood-loss in under a minute then be paralyzed and in agony for a half hour. Lethal injection may look more humane, but appearances are deceiving, with a firing squad what you see is what you get, multiple rifle rounds turning your organs into slush.
shieeeet if i was on death row, and i had a choice, i;d take the firing squad over lethal injection any day.
in case y’all didn’t know lethal injection is a cocktail of 3 different drugs that were never approved by any doctor, the whole “do no harm” bit. typically its a sedative, a paralytic, and a potassium shot to seal the deal. there have been cases where people are alive and but paralyzed for way too long while the potassium is slowly and agonizingly killing then
Getting shot by multiple people in the chest and stomach isn’t going to be any more painless.
No one is arguing it’s perfect or “painless”, but in light of high-profile botched executions where the convict is unintentionally(?) tortured for hours before they died it seems to be the better option.
Multiple people targeting your brain and heart… It will be worse to watch and you might cause psychological damage to anyone watching or taking part… but at least you won’t suffer for long.
They don’t aim at the head. They aim at the heart. And not every rifle has a live round so no one knows who fired the killing shot. At least that’s how it was traditionally done.
still id rather get shot, and die of shock and blood-loss in under a minute then be paralyzed and in agony for a half hour. Lethal injection may look more humane, but appearances are deceiving, with a firing squad what you see is what you get, multiple rifle rounds turning your organs into slush.
Edit: 3 hours of them trying to administer the lethal injection https://www.the-sun.com/news/6015918/joe-nathan-james-jr-longest-lethal-injection/
Death by potassium overdose causes runaway cell death. When a cell dies and ruptures it releases potassium which then ruptures and kills other cells.
Essentially, melting your flesh off your body from the inside.
I’ll take getting shot, thanks.
It will at least be quicker!