• GnastyGnuts [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    The most humane method of execution that humanity has ever developed is still just a bullet to the head. People in this stupid fucking turd of a country are unfortunately too bloodthirsty to give up on execution, but also too squeamish to do it the honest and correct way.

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      5 months ago

      People really can survive getting shot in the head unfortunately.

      CW: suicide

      I’m friends with some doctors who work in emergency psych units and there are an alarmingly high number of patients who try to shoot themselves in the head and fail to die in various ways that maim them terribly and make their life so much worse than it was before.

      • Tunnelvision [they/them]@hexbear.net
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        5 months ago

        I understand what you’re saying, but execution style shootings are different from a failed suicide attempt. Most of the time it’s someone becoming squeamish at the last second and throwing the angle off which results in a botched attempt unfortunately.

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        what caliber is a mandatory question here. Then again, I went to school with a kid who died on a fishing boat when a 22 went off accidentally and got him right in the (head, eye).

      • HamManBad [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Anesthetics take some serious skill to work effectively, and no reputable anesthesiologist would be willing to do it. That’s the main problem here, capital punishment is incompatible with the ethics of medicine. Doctors don’t want to kill people

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        A bullet would still be faster, but in my personal opinion I want to relapse on nicotine with a final cig if I have to get executed (by firing squad, one of the only things my shithole of a state gets right)

    • FLAMING_AUBURN_LOCKS [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      5 months ago

      The most humane method of execution that humanity has ever developed is still just a bullet to the head.

      many people want their loved one’s body to be left intact and not riddled with holes or missing limbs