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> it should be via firing squad, which is honest about what is happening Why not hanging? Or beheading? Those seem pretty honest to me.

• ashtonkem 5y ago
  Hangings get botched fairly often. The last execution at the Old Idaho Penitentiary, now a historical site in Boise, took 15 minutes to finish. Not really an improvement over lethal injection in that area. Beheading works, but requires a lot of specialized equipment and what not. Meanwhile a firing squad doesn't really require any special equipment and training above and beyond what the judicial system already has available.
  • lisper 5y ago
    > a firing squad doesn't really require any special equipment and training above and beyond what the judicial system already has available. But that's a self-fulfilling prophecy. If there were a market for guillotines they would be readily available too. They are not hard to make.