[353FMG]

Go classic — trapdoor and noose.

[laweeks]

I always thought that'd be a great half-time show during football games: electric bleachers . . . or perhaps letting the families of each victim have about 10 uninterrupted minutes with the perp tied to a post . . . then execute what's left of him.

Am I being too harsh? Sure would beat listening to Madonna during the half-time Super Bowl . . . but that's another story.

[umgud]

arguing that a new drug cocktail would cause him pain and therefore be cruel and unusual punishment

This is a canard. The constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. It does not guarantee a painless execution.

[ColdOne]

How about a piece of lead between the eyes?

[nickcarraway]

Don’t we have high enough unemployment as it is?

[onona]

I always thought that if I were in that situation, I’d go Breaker Morant. I like that style.

Then, I saw that video of the whale being blown up on the beach, and thought WOW ! If I were gonna go, that would be cool !

IMO, that’s the smorgasbord I’d offer the perps....”How would you like to go, madame ?”

(drones cost extra)

[Shalmaneser]

Yes on hanging and firing squad, no on electrocution.

I do not oppose capital punishment per se. It is the only punishment appropriate in some cases. However, unless it becomes possible to be 100% sure that a given man is guilty of a capital crime, I oppose making him 100% dead. Too many innocent men go to prison every year.

For this reason I would reserve capital punishment to those cases in which the accused enters a plea of guilty, or cases in which guilt is obvious (e.g., a mass murder with multiple witnesses).

[jakerobins]

Drake said the idea came to him after having a conversation at a DeFuniak Springs Waffle House over the legal battles associated with the September execution of Manuel Valle.

Ah the discussions you can have at a Waffle House over some Pecan Waffles and Hash Browns.........In a booth at Waffle House or on the Throne would be where I do my best thinking! LOL

[mamelukesabre]

I vote for that pneumatic spike thingy they use to kill cows at the slaughter house. I think the bad guy in “no country for old men” used one.

[Mark]

The libs already gave us the answer with the Schiavo case— let them starve to death. It’s EUPHORIC !

[samtheman]

It is Florida. Why not feed them to sharks?

[BCR #226]

Firing squads are a worthy goal to shoot for.

[Oatka]

I miss “Ole Sparky”. Bring it back.

When I was a kid in 1940s NYC, one time they came around with a long truck that had an electric chair “just like at Sing Sing” in the middle of the floor.

Each one of us had to come in and sit down in it. Scared the crap out of one and all.

Can you imagine that happening today? Trauma! Hysteria! Offended Feelings! Dogs Living With Cats!

[Fazuri]

Florida Rep. Brad Drake wants the state's system of capital punishment to ramp it up from lethal cocktail, notes the Associated Press. He has introduced Florida HB 325, a law that might bring firing squads or the electric chair to death row. The choice - firing squad or electric chair - will be in the hands of each Florida death row inmate. The said Florida bill would bring back death by firing squad .