gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 19 hours agoAutopsy suggests South Carolina botched firing squad executionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1105arrow-down1external-linkAutopsy suggests South Carolina botched firing squad executionwww.theguardian.comgAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 19 hours agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareSchool_Lunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·18 hours agoI’m pretty sure people sentenced to death get to choose their execution method, so this guy chose firing squad?
minus-squareZombiepirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·17 hours agoThe death penalty is barbaric no matter how it’s done, but if the state was going to put me to death then bleeding out in five minutes by firing squad seems a lot better than drug-induced tortured breathing for an hour.
I’m pretty sure people sentenced to death get to choose their execution method, so this guy chose firing squad?
The death penalty is barbaric no matter how it’s done, but if the state was going to put me to death then bleeding out in five minutes by firing squad seems a lot better than drug-induced tortured breathing for an hour.