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I never understood it either - there must be some crazy reason though.

• alice-i-cecile 5y ago
  Many argue that the deliberate cruelty is the point. Also stigma around gas chambers.
• kergonath 5y ago
  Sadism, mostly. The electric chair was painful enough but too picturesque, which makes it easy to rally against. The injections solve that problem whilst still inflicting immense pain. Which is supposed to be good, because these damn criminals had it coming. Or something.
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