I mean, if I had to choose between the chair, lethal injection, and a firing squad… I always thought they shot for the head though, so kinda surprising they go for the heart shot, though I suppose an open casket funeral is preferable. Heart would take longer for death, wouldn’t it?
I think the Guillotine would be a good choice.
I had heard anecdotes of the head surviving for several seconds before death in that case. The aesthetic is top tier though.
I have a hard time believing those stories though.
If a sudden blood pressure drop is enough to make someone fall unconscious immediately with blood still flowing to the brain, then a full blood pressure drop with no blood flowing to the brain should have the same effect.
If I had to guess, eye and mouth movements are probably from the nerves going crazy after being severed at the brain stem.I’d deal with several seconds of consciousness, but the minutes to hours of agony when lethal injection fails to knock you out would be hell.
I asked my mother a long time ago why they don’t do executions under full anaesthesia, and she said it was to cause as much pain as possible which I fully believe.
The other thing I’ve recently seen pointed out is that they don’t have doctors administering it. Given the doctor ethos of “do no harm,” they can’t be involved and keep their license. So it’s just a bunch of underqualified people trying to figure out what to do.
Full transparency: I haven’t fact checked this myself, but it seemed feasible when it came up so it stuck with me.
Open casket funerals are kind of weird if you think about it anyway.
Firing squad would be my preferred choice, if they aim for the head. With a shotgun full of 00 buckshot. Or maybe by howitzer if that’s an option.
Although really I’d like to donate my body to science, let someone else get some good use out of it when I’m done.
Open casket funerals are kind of weird if you think about it anyway.
They’re the done thing where I live, but only for the wake (night before the funeral mass).
“Ah he looks great” and “Ah sure they did a great job, didn’t they?” etc. always gets trotted out.
It’s kinda nice to see someone for the last time who you may not have seen recently. But I can definitely understand the opposing view (sometimes they look bloody awful). The body is stored the night before either in a funeral home or at the house and you’re not in any way obliged to go into the room with the deceased if it’s not your thing.
Funerals here are done very quickly. Wake would typically be two days following death, mass and burial the following morning. Casket is always closed here at the actual funeral.
In my father’s case we had his body in our home (my mum’s choice) and everyone did their little visit. After everyone had finished and gone we all went to the pub and had pints and told fun stories until all hours. The pub served us well past closing.
My hangover the next day was unholy (pun intended) but it was a great night and a really nice send off.
If I could really choose a death method, I think gladiatorial combat to the death would be pretty dope. Just throw death row inmates in a arena and PPV it. Let guys in for life with no parole or 300 year sentences have a go too if they want. Not for a reduction in sentence or extra benefits or anything though, just to do it. If dudes survive, let them fight again in the next show if they want. Could even give profits to the victims families.
It’s a good thing you don’t get to choose
“humane” execution methods are to protect capital punishment advocates from discomfort, not condemned inmates from pain. There is no execution method more grotesque than the law that legitimizes it.
Right on. If they want him dead, they can do it themselves, and not pussy out with an injection.
