Maybe we should bring it back. What say you?
I hate to admit it, but North Korea has had some recent success with flamethrowers.
In my opinion, a lethal injection is no more of a sure thing than a trained firing squad, a well built and executed gallows, even a guillotine which I see as all completely sure ways of doing things, and are equal in my mind in the expression of physical discomfort.
Now, mentally, there is likely some difference between falling off to sleep versus hearing a “Ready...Aim...Fire” command, hearing a trap door open and feeling the fall, or having your head forced into a contraption and hearing the blade descend. There is a degree of prolonged terror there, even if only for a second or two. To make the point by taking it to an extreme, being thrown from a 100 story building will surely kill someone when they hit the ground, but the act of falling to the ground might take longer than some feel is “humane”.
Lethal injection must be calibrated to some degree to your body weight, ect, but once you are under, a giant dose of whatever should finish the task.
And I admit, I cannot make the same statement about the electric chair. It seems to me there might be room to really botch that. Given my choice, either firing squad or lethal injection.
I am not a sadist, though I do admit there are some types of crimes for which I might we willing to see extra pain inflicted on the convicted person (such as the 9/11 bombers, etc). But I recognize what that is, a personal wish for vengeance and punishment, and not necessarily what a Christian should espouse, so I view that as a personal shortcoming on my part.
Personally, I don’t have an issue with lethal injection. What I have an issue with is coddling these people who have committed heinous crimes, and have often spent decades appealing cases. Using an excuse such as the person opened their eyes and said something to put it all on hold is offensive to me.