But it was minus his head, so it's OK.
It wouldn’t bother me if they had followed the old Roman style.
In my personal opinion, the 8th Amendment was a good idea that didn’t work out the way we expected it to. Unless punishment is stern and hugely unpleasant, it does not deter.
These days, in the USA anyhow, clever lawyers have twisted the cruel and unusual clause until it is unrecognizable, especially as it applies to the death penalty.
I want those bastards to suffer. I would prefer a method of execution that most closely resembles what they subjected their victims to.
The significance of beheading in islam is? The body can not enter their islamic paradise without the head & body attached? Geezers another pagan tribal ritual!