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Eugene

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5. A firing squad is considered quicker and "more merciful" way to die compared to other methods.
Wed Mar 5, 2025, 02:45 PM
Mar 5

Hanging has the risk of slow strangulation
or ripping the head off.

Botched electric chair executions have sometimes
set the condemned on fire.

A botched lethal injection can cause excruciating pain.

Some inmates have taken long times to die in a gas chamber.

The only quicker, more efficient death is the guillotine.
That method has bad optics and historical baggage.

Full disclosure: I don't believe in capital punishment.

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