Brad Sigmon, 67, was shot dead by prison staff despite outcry over ‘cruel’ method and calls for clemency
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Chivera@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I thought firing squad was more humane than electric chair or lethal injection.
saltesc@lemmy.world 1 day ago
In the article, he chose it for fear of issues occuring with the other two.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Iirc the only reason we went with lethal injection was because politicians couldn’t stomach the gore of a firing squad. And the PTSD of this firing the guns.
jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
But think of the
barbariansnice people that get off on seeing other people dying.