Back by Popular Demand

[The Mad Monk]

What's the argument against a cloth soaked in ether? There's got to be one, it's too simple a choice otherwise.

[pchang]

In China, they just shoot them in the back of the head. I think they send the family a bill for the bullet.

[Sava]

I think the government should just lie and say "yeah we executed all these people" but instead they are just locked up for life. It makes no difference to everyone else either way... and considering the legal costs associated with DP cases are higher than the costs of locking them up... I'd say the choice is simple.

Though, if the people are later exonerated (by DNA maybe), they might have to be put in some sort of witness relocation program... to let them have their second chance without all the publicity (to save face for the government and to protect the person's privacy).

[The Mad Monk]

That is the most Orwellian thing I've ever read from you.

[Sava]

Of course, that's more of a derogatory term nowadays.
It doesn't have to be.

[MRT144]

In the 17th century the guillotine was the "scientific" method of execution. In the early 20th century electrocution was the "scientific" method of execution. In the late 20th century lethal injection was the "scientific" method of execution.

The 21st century needs a new "scientific" method of execution.

Colon cancer or prostate cancer

[MRT144]

That is the most Orwellian thing I've ever read from you.

He's right though - the news of an execution is emotionally satisfying to people who desire such outcomes in our criminal justice system. Whether or not that person is dead or not usually is immaterial to that emotional response except in retrospect. If you're mad someone isn't actually dead years after the fact and have in fact been languishing in prison, thats a reflection of a person's blood lust or misplaced priorities.

[The Mad Monk]

...and the part about an innocent person being forced to live a new life so he doesn't embarrass the government?

[MRT144]

...and the part about an innocent person being forced to live a new life so he doesn't embarrass the government?

100% SAVA

[Sava]

NO BUT the person would be set for life. No job. No debts. A house, completely furnished. Car. Low 7 figure settlement.

OH YEAH THATS OPPRESISION

FRICKEN 1984 MAN

[OneFootInTheGrave]

In the 17th century the guillotine was the "scientific" method of execution. In the early 20th century electrocution was the "scientific" method of execution. In the late 20th century lethal injection was the "scientific" method of execution.

The 21st century needs a new "scientific" method of execution.

21st century is reverting back to 17th, so they should do the right thing.

[Dr Strangelove]

If it displaced a suifficient amount of oxygen in the inspired air, yes. Is the purpose of this just to make the victim's screams as he suffocates freaking hilarious?

[Dr Strangelove]

Hey Doc, why do States use a 3 drug cocktail when using 1 is easier?

The first drug sedates, the seconmd drug prevents visible cramps or convulsions, the third drug burns the victim from the inside out, but since the first two drug have taken effect the witnesses can't see the victim's suffering. It's literally like I Have No Mouth, But I Must Scream.

[Dr Strangelove]

I was thinking that we really must reduce the cost of getting people into orbit so we can space them. What more fitting justice than to launch them back into the atmosphere with the assurance that their body will utterly disintegrate on re-entry so that their molecules will be scattered across the globe? Even better would be to launch them into the sun.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

I was thinking that we really must reduce the cost of getting people into orbit so we can space them. What more fitting justice than to launch them back into the atmosphere with the assurance that their body will utterly disintegrate on re-entry so that their molecules will be scattered across the globe? Even better would be to launch them into the sun.

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