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20. I love that Idea..

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Thu May 1, 2014, 02:27 PM

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following the botched execution -- what should be the way to execute some one? [View all] srican69 May 2014 OP

Force them to get old jberryhill May 2014 #1

This ^^^^ Coventina May 2014 #3

+1 madokie May 2014 #5

yup.... mike_c May 2014 #8

Yep. Execution via old age. (nt) jeff47 May 2014 #19

Death by old age. Half-Century Man May 2014 #2

Having to live with your crime(s) for the rest of their lives Proud Liberal Dem May 2014 #18

DON'T DO IT. nt s-cubed May 2014 #4

I don't believe in capital punishment, but this attempt to "medicalize" it is even worse Recursion May 2014 #6

Actually, alcohol helps (a bit) with visualization/getting the vein to stand up hlthe2b May 2014 #26

Firing squad Politicalboi May 2014 #7

Unfortunately Proud Liberal Dem May 2014 #11

I don't know, but I have NO sympathy Politicalboi May 2014 #24

No, but I have sympthy for ALL OF US--who are made unwilling, yet responsible for such barbaric hlthe2b May 2014 #36

I have mixed feelings on the DP Proud Liberal Dem May 2014 #70

Given we have executed innocent people... nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #79

It's not that I have any exceptional sympathy. It's that I believe we as a society must prove that politicat May 2014 #83

Beheading, cheaper and quicker MillennialDem May 2014 #69

Well if you must have a death penalty hootinholler May 2014 #9

Like they gave their victims? Politicalboi May 2014 #12

Odd thing about our criminal system jberryhill May 2014 #23

Well maybe we need one Politicalboi May 2014 #27

Oh baloney jberryhill May 2014 #28

Indeed. One need only study the Revolutionary War to appreciate the amount of depravity hlthe2b May 2014 #40

And interestingly enough jberryhill May 2014 #52

Oh bullshit. Iggo May 2014 #42

I disagree hootinholler May 2014 #67

And what if the families demand it be commuted to life nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #97

I agree ... wonder if some states already give that option to them srican69 May 2014 #13

Reminds me of a scene from a certain Monty Python movie.......... Proud Liberal Dem May 2014 #16

I'll take safeinOhio May 2014 #72

Ok, I LOL'd n/t hootinholler May 2014 #75

Make the condemned watch the 2008 rethug primary debates 24/7 lpbk2713 May 2014 #10

LOL! Politicalboi May 2014 #14

No death penalty kcr May 2014 #15

NRA big game preserve? moondust May 2014 #17

I love that Idea.. srican69 May 2014 #20

hanging's optimal, as long as you have a responsible hangman 0rganism May 2014 #21

I'm a death penalty abolitionist swamping this thread alcibiades_mystery May 2014 #22

Headsman, hanging, bullet behind the ear. PeteSelman May 2014 #25

The Royal Navy used shooting out of a muzzle loading cannon Kaleva May 2014 #29

Tie them to a chair and force them to watch Fox news 24 hours a day until they beg you to shoot them tularetom May 2014 #30

YOU are so very wrong about that. The clock tower near the gold souks in Riyadh is the traditional hlthe2b May 2014 #50

I must have been misinformed about Saudi Arabia tularetom May 2014 #64

No to all forms of revenge justice /nt Bragi May 2014 #31

As the White House said, it should be done humanely. Dr. Strange May 2014 #32

Question: What are the criteria to follow, srican69? Bragi May 2014 #33

combination of quickest/least painful/ no mess srican69 May 2014 #38

Wile E. Coyote style... Open_n_Shut May 2014 #34

Yeah, but half of that shit he bought from ACME didn't work as advertised. riqster May 2014 #48

Gravity was not always constant in the world of Looney Tunes Open_n_Shut May 2014 #59

A fair point. I once had a physics teacher who used that universe in an extra-credit exam problem. riqster May 2014 #73

Firing Squad. MicaelS May 2014 #35

Quickest way to getting rid of it actually nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #56

I agree with you on almost every point. MicaelS May 2014 #61

I want no hood for those carrying them either nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #66

So you really think exposing the identities of the executioners is going the shame them? MicaelS May 2014 #77

It is not about shaming the executioners nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #78

Disagree on the caliber jmowreader May 2014 #87

No, the .44 Magnum is too powerful. MicaelS May 2014 #91

I would put them to death in the same way they committed the murder.. Upton May 2014 #37

I like the victim or family choice myself ..... oldhippie May 2014 #39

The guillotine LittleBlue May 2014 #41

This would be my suggestion as well. giftedgirl77 May 2014 #49

No fucking death penalty....ever. Iggo May 2014 #43

we euthanize pets every day painlessly and quickly TorchTheWitch May 2014 #44

i'm not pro DP, but if you were going to do it, how the fuck can it be hard? it doesn't take a Dr to dionysus May 2014 #45

The best and only way seveneyes May 2014 #46

I like what Japan does 951-Riverside May 2014 #47

Don't, and it has to do with the number of people wrongly convicted nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #51

I prefer life at the hardest labor they can physically perform. No parole. Worse than death. riqster May 2014 #53

1-6 leave. nt msanthrope May 2014 #109

Thanks, I didn't know it had been alerted on. riqster May 2014 #114

Well, in theory Prophet 451 May 2014 #54

They didn't even validate or test the drugs used. Unforgivable lostincalifornia May 2014 #55

Captive bolt pistol. backscatter712 May 2014 #57

Crucifiction. It was good enough for Jesus, right? hunter May 2014 #58

Captive bolt to the lower skull. Seriously. Xithras May 2014 #60

Shark tank wickerwoman May 2014 #62

With fricken lasers on their fricken heads! hootinholler May 2014 #68

Carbon dioxide FarCenter May 2014 #63

How about a Primacord collar, like they used in The Running Man? jmowreader May 2014 #89

I think a shaped charge of a plastic would be much better FarCenter May 2014 #92

Makes you wonder how most of the rest of the first world countries SheilaT May 2014 #65

I was surprised to learn that Japan still had it. MADem May 2014 #107

I am against the DP, but if we're going to do it - beheading. Nothing is quicker or MillennialDem May 2014 #71

"Assuming we have to have it"? Then as cheaply and efficiently as possible, of course. lumberjack_jeff May 2014 #74

Hypoxia Xipe Totec May 2014 #76

None of the above..... physioex May 2014 #80

Shotgun to the back of the head. jschurchin May 2014 #81

Reminds me of watching Conpiracy, movie about the Wannsee Conference. Lars39 May 2014 #82

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT MUST, AND WILL, BE ABOLISHED! morningfog May 2014 #84

If it's absolutely necessary... politicat May 2014 #85

And where are you going to find someone to do that? physioex May 2014 #86

exactly. politicat May 2014 #98

The nastiest method allowed by the Constitution, for good reason jmowreader May 2014 #88

Yup, and that televised, in the middle of the day nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #96

No. Random selection jmowreader May 2014 #100

I think our death penalty phase rate would go down to zero nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #101

Firing squad or guillotine. and explosion that turned the condemned a mist in a fraction of a secon arely staircase May 2014 #90

Exploding helmet Tom Ripley May 2014 #93

This thread should be swamped by capital punishment abolitionists. JackRiddler May 2014 #94

Medically induced coma. Lancero May 2014 #95

Hung by the neck until dead. Adam-Bomb May 2014 #99

I want to choose, oldandhappy May 2014 #102

I favor letting them do it themselves. bravenak May 2014 #103

Wood chipper. edbermac May 2014 #104

Guillotine !! Historic NY May 2014 #105

make them live. spanone May 2014 #106

Inert gas asphyxiation Hippo_Tron May 2014 #108

Guillotine Capt. Obvious May 2014 #110

*If* there must be a death penalty Madam Mossfern May 2014 #111

life in a cell DrDan May 2014 #112

I'm always curious when I see someone say the DP should be used sparingly. JoeyT May 2014 #113

I oppose capital punishment, but if it must happen... Lizzie Poppet May 2014 #115

Yeah, I figured this thread would go into the toilet pretty quickly. Paladin May 2014 #116

Old age... sarisataka May 2014 #117