I have a whole bunch of .22 lr I will gladly donate, free of charge.
give them a massive heroin overdose-
They will probably willingly take it themselves
and its much better than they deserve.
Who really knows if even the guillotine is painless?
Injections are given for the benefit of the onlookers, who can delude themselves into thinking that the condemned man doesn’t suffer. They don’t like looking at blood either.
Stop the delusions. The firing squad is pretty damned efficient. Works every time. So there’s a big bang or two!
Actually, smothering them with nitrogen is the most humane. They will never know they are asphyxiating.
Giant multi-ton flat rocks ... drop it, clean up any spatter that oozes out and use masonry glue to attach a “headstone”.
Wow - really ? Seems that most drug commercials I see these days on TV tell me I'll have thoughts of suicide if I use their product.......
100% pure dry nitrogen, inhaled, is absolutely lethal. It’s also dirt cheap and non-toxic.
What about that thing from No Country for Old Men? The captive bolt pistol or cattle gun or whatever it is. Seems quick and permanent.
Oh, and this reply is not for the non-existent sean_anthony. It’s for the real FReepers that are reading this thread.
Pneumatic bolt, like cattle
Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse included use of a diver’s decompression chamber with good effect. It was a bit slow though.
Rope, which can be reused, is cheaper.
Show them a photo of The Beast with no clothes. Works as a Viagra anti-dote too, by the way.
Gunshots to the head are no guarantee, either. Almost always followed by involuntary nervous muscle spasms that can be sickening to watch. Can take nearly an hour in some cases. Blowing the head to pieces with double-barreled magnum shotgun blast with buckshot is extremely messy and traumatic to the executioner/viewers.
Maybe a rifled slug centered above the shoulder-blades is most humane for the executioner. Might not even show to the outside and sometimes makes the victim look like he/she is just falling asleep.
Sometimes ...
Nitrogen Asphyxiation
Strap the condemned down
Attach a brain wave monitor
Put on a breathing mask
Flow 99% Nitrogen gas (common welding gas - cheap) at 1.1 atmospheres
Wait till brain wave monitor is flat for 5 min
They should let veterinarians be in charge of “putting people to sleep” with lethal injections. No one ever says that isn’t humane.
Does the constitution guarantee a painless execution? BTW, a guillotine is pretty, quick and sure.
Snip the nerves in the back of the neck like in an abortion the left won’t have any problems with that.