ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — As witnesses including five news reporters watched through a window, Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to die in the 1988 murder-for hire slaying of Elizabet…
I guess a potential “solution” (other than not executing people in the first place) could be to put the tube directly in their mouth in some way that they can’t remove it. It would probably be pretty uncomfortable, but not necessarily painful. But I guess it might appear a little brutal.
And they might fight against having it put in their mouth, but that seems like a problem for literally any execution method.
Edit: or just anesthetize them first. Is there a way to anesthetize that can’t be resisted with painful results?
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I guess a potential “solution” (other than not executing people in the first place) could be to put the tube directly in their mouth in some way that they can’t remove it. It would probably be pretty uncomfortable, but not necessarily painful. But I guess it might appear a little brutal.
And they might fight against having it put in their mouth, but that seems like a problem for literally any execution method.
Edit: or just anesthetize them first. Is there a way to anesthetize that can’t be resisted with painful results?
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Could you not just like, overdose them on heroin? Maybe followed by nitrogen for confirmation? Or of course you could just not execute people.
I would guess the problem with anesthesia is it’s actually pretty complicated and things can go wrong with that step