Firing squads called for by US politicians

[NeonSamurai]

Except hanging wasn't all that effective as a humane method. Hangings were botched a great deal, in fact I believe there were more botched ones then proper ones. There are so many different variables to consider: weight and build of the person, characteristics of the rope (humidity, tensile strength, etc), precise positioning of the knot, the rope properly fashioned into a noose, the length of the drop, etc. If you screwed up it could result in the rope failing, the person slowly choking to death, their head getting ripped off, etc... Yes often the person died, but it didn't go to plan very often.

Lethal injection is somewhat simpler, yet for a humane and painless method, why do they feel the need to inject a substance that paralyzes the vocal cords first? There is some scant research that suggests this is one of the worst forms.

Beheading might be better, though it is messy (but so is a firing squad and you have to deal with the human element), and there is some debate if the person looses consciousness immediately or not.

Maybe we should blow people up instead. That would be quick, give them a plastic explosive helmet. But still the problem of the mess.


Anyhow the bigger concern in my opinion is the current prison population, and how this has become an industry in the United States. For the land of the free, why are more people per capita prisoners, than any single other nation in the world. It is a real paradox...