Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: MillCreek on November 05, 2018, 11:35:37 PM
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https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2018/11/05/tennessee-death-penalty-firing-squad/1893264002/
Utah uses '.30 caliber Winchester rifles'. I wonder if this is a model 1894 lever action. I would prefer they use M4's with a red dot for accuracy.
https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2018/02/15/how-firing-squads-work-utah-only-state-executions/338012002/
https://www.standard.net/police-fire/courts/how-utah-s-execution-by-firing-squad-works/article_1eeffdaf-a792-5f1e-9de3-552ea665e989.html
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There is no need to be intentionally cruel, but death is rarely painless for anyone. Why we insist on making a goblin's passing more comfortable than most of our grandparent's, never mind their victim's, is nonsensical.
If it has to be non-messy just use N2 to flood the chamber.
Messy execution methods are really only a problem for the workers at the prison. For the condemned it is often the fastest and least painful exit.
All that said, the biggest issue with capital punishment is that too many innocent people are subjected it, and the guilty languish so long before being executed they cost (in both room/board and endless legal appeals) far too much. Reserve it for the cases where guilt goes well beyond the "reasonable doubt" standard (free confession, in context video evidence, other clear evidence that can only point to the accused, etc), and then do it quickly. Otherwise LWOP.
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What caliber? Whatever is on sale at WallyWorld.
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I couldn't read the articles in detail, but I believe Utah removed or at least debated about removing the firing squad option soon after the Gardner execution. (I seem to recall at the time that the main but "un-emphasized" reason was because "GUH-UHNS" and "this isn't the Wild West any more," and "ewww, ick," rather than for any rational reason. At least that's what I saw in the letters to the editor sections. Perhaps a little messy, but that's what hoses and floor drains are for.)
Interesting that the countdown from five for the firing squad had them fire at the count of two.
Also wry-grinworthy was the fact that he apparently chose the firing squad for religious reasons. After murdering two people and failing at a third.
Additional:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Lee_Gardner
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Why not just go up to 50 Cal or maybe artillery at close range.
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Why not just go up to 50 Cal or maybe artillery at close range.
Kim, is that you?
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Kim, is that you?
Sprash, over
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I couldn't read the articles in detail, but I believe Utah removed or at least debated about removing the firing squad option soon after the Gardner execution. (I seem to recall at the time that the main but "un-emphasized" reason was because "GUH-UHNS" and "this isn't the Wild West any more," and "ewww, ick," rather than for any rational reason. At least that's what I saw in the letters to the editor sections. Perhaps a little messy, but that's what hoses and floor drains are for.)
Interesting that the countdown from five for the firing squad had them fire at the count of two.
Also wry-grinworthy was the fact that he apparently chose the firing squad for religious reasons. After murdering two people and failing at a third.
Additional:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Lee_Gardner
Interesting. Didn't know that firing squads still happened.
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Kim, is that you?
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: