3 ms·
Why not something like a guillotine? Properly designed and maintained, I doubt you'd get much in the way of botched executions and it's probably the fastest dea
by meepmorp 12y ago
Why not something like a guillotine? Properly designed and maintained, I doubt you'd get much in the way of botched executions and it's probably the fastest death you're likely to get. Combine it with some sedation if it's decided that decapitating a conscious person is cruel and unusual.
- giarc 12y ago"I personally think we should go to the guillotine, but shooting is probably the right way to go," Kozinski said.
- meepmorp 12y agoYes, I was wondering why the guillotine isn't acceptable.
- a3n 12y agoI think some religions object to dismemberment.
- kmicklas 12y agoYes and some religions object to the death penalty?
- ajbetteridge 12y agoAnd some religions advocate stoning to death. That doesn't make either position correct. Religion should be left out of these kinds of discussions, among many others, but sadly isn't. Let's not do anything at all, that way we'll offend less people.
- baha_man 12y agoI would guess the main reason is that it would be too gruesome for anyone watching the execution. Also, decapitation seems almost like desecrating the condemned person's corpse, which might be considered a cruel and unusual punishment even for someone considered to be deserving of the death penalty.
- peatmoss 12y agoThere is some ambiguity as to whether guillotine is actually completely instant or painless: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1172/does-the-head-remain-briefly-conscious-after-decapitation http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1172/does-the-head-...