I agree and that is the point I'm trying to make. If we turn killing people into sport, then we as a society are no better than any serial killer, serial rapist, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by SA Friday
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I agree and that is the point I'm trying to make. If we turn killing people into sport, then we as a society are no better than any serial killer, serial rapist, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by SA Friday
Did anyone hear what the pay is to be on the firing line?
Volunteer my friend. There is no pay.
I'd pay about tree-fitty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jumpstart
I don't understand why anyone would want to be put to death by injection (weak) or electrocution (screw that!). Seems like the best way to go and still have a shred of dignity is firing squad. I doubt there is any pain in 4 shots to the chest..
I hate to see good ammo wasted shooting maggots, there's other ways to off 'em....http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...damropesm2.gif
I can actually explain this sort of... might sound like a bunch of psycobabble, but...Quote:
Originally Posted by ColoEnthusiast
Injection - thought to be the "humane and civilized" way to die since the series of chemicals introduced kill pain, put in coma, and then stop functions. Supposedly no pain for the condemed and no macabre images for the memory of the witnesses.
Electrocution - Was actually considered a NOVELTY way to die for a long time. It was more humane than beheading and a cheaper alternative to a hanging. However, it was often reported to not be carried out correctly. This lead to two things happening:
1. Not enough jiuce - condemded would get a hell of a shock but not die. Since you can't retry the case due to double jeopardy, condemed would walk.
2. Too much jiuce - horrific smell, horrible convulsing of the body, some cases of people exploding, just nasty all around.
Firing squad - Ever been shot? Depending on the caliber and intial adrelina drump, it hurts like hell... miss a clean kill and have to bleed out and it's not a pleasant way to die.
Personally, I still beheading is the way to go... i wouldn't mind drawn/quartering either but that is a little barbarbic.....
Please explain how hanging costs more than electrocution. That rope can't cost more than a few bucks and the amount of electricity required to adequately juice someone at today's rates HAS to be substantially higher.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigBear
Also, I don't get the double jeopardy thing when it comes to execution. I understand you can't be tried for the same crime twice (double jeopardy) but if your sentence is to be executed how can you POSSIBLY get out alive? I mean the end result is that you are to be dead. If you aren't dead then how can it be done? I don't get that at all.
Edited: Typing errors! In a hurry, sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jer
Would love too! Back in the day, contrary to common belief, most towns/etc did not have a permanent scaffolding the in the center of town. To build this structure would cost money, manpower, etc. Hence a lot of the vigilante squads not doing due justice and just taking their quarry out of town and finding a "hanging" tree.
As fas the first electrocutions, there was a standard ampage in towns of the day (if they were lucky enough to have common electricity) and instead of the fancy machines we have now (think of a vaulted transformer you may see in your neighborhoods) that regulated all that, they'd simply "cut and splice" into a main line. Hence if the executioner didn't know what he was doing and where to apply (and water down the condemned) it could get nasty quick.
As far as the whole double jeopardy etc. Once your execution was carried out (regardless of if it was succesful), by law your conviction was upheld and done with. Hence, if you were said to be convicted to "death by electrocution" and you were electrocuted and pronounced dead (passed out, stupid doctor calls it, etc) but you wake up, then you're a free man. A few years ago, there was a really interested history book on this... I'll see if I can't track it down.
I can'r remember where I came on the info about this, but I remember there is a lot more to a hanging execution than one would think. Everything has to be right or it doesn't result in a quick broken neck and death. Botched hangings were pretty common and resulted in the condemned being choked to death thrashing around for what seemed forever, or the head was ripped from the body. Both, pretty much in the relm of macabre to witness.