Why is lethal injection used instead of just shooting the inmate for death penalty?

[Technophyle]

Wouldn't just shooting the inmate be much cheaper and quicker than the lethal injection?

[GodShammgod]

less mess

[xnorthface]

yeah or why don´t we just beat them to death with sticks and claim to be the greatest democratik nation in the world

oh wait..

[Ravalis]

yeah or why don´t we just beat them to death with sticks and claim to be the greatest democratik nation in the world

oh wait..

Please tell me the difference between the 3 noted in the thread. A death is a death.

To answer OP's question, to take away the pain. I believe it's in 3 shots, and by the time they do the 3rd shot, they don't feel anything and it's a "peaceful" way to kill the inmate.

[Technophyle]

How much does each lethal injection cost?

[jailbirdscholar]

I think in some states you can still choose you death... I think death by firing squad is still an option


Edit: you can still choose death by firing squad in Oklahoma and Idaho only

[MrNippers]

Because life isn't the movies. You don't always die after being hit in critical organs.

Lethal injection produces a much more "certain" death with "certain" terms.

[DrSlam]

We should stone them instead.

Rocks are free and its a good shoulder work out

[Osti92]

I think in some states you can still choose you death... I think death by firing squad is still an option


Edit: you can still choose death by firing squad in Oklahoma and Idaho only

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[JoSmoBN]

The same reason they don't just lop off peoples heads or hang them....they don't always die and it's considered "inhumane"

[xnorthface]

Please tell me the difference between the 3 noted in the thread. A death is a death.

To answer OP's question, to take away the pain. I believe it's in 3 shots, and by the time they do the 3rd shot, they don't feel anything and it's a "peaceful" way to kill the inmate.

in my opinion nobody should be punished with death in the first place! i´m a law student and been arguing about death penalty for most f the last 3 years! if a country chooses to punish somebody to death it should be the most human way of dying and that is the lethal injection

[rhadam]

Because unlike the movies a bullet doesn't always kill you.

[BradFit]

Wouldn't just shooting the inmate be much cheaper and quicker than the lethal injection?

[rotatoo]

look at a recent thailand execution.. They blew the entire left side of a womans chest away and she was still alive, had crazy genetics were her organs were on opposite sides so the heart wasnt destroyed

[Ikeman83]

throw em off a cliff. If they live, full pardon.

[ManletBrahh]

dat dere 8th Amendment outlaws cruel and inhumane punishment. Basically, the prisoner needs to be executed in a way that causes the least pain possible

[Ravalis]

in my opinion nobody should be punished with death in the first place! i´m a law student and been arguing about death penalty for most f the last 3 years! if a country chooses to punish somebody to death it should be the most human way of dying and that is the lethal injection

Yet the money saved with a bullet over lethal injection can be used to build schools, pave roads, for better things. Death is death, no matter how you look at it. Don't be retarded bro.

[Bonuman]

if a country chooses to punish somebody to death it should be the most human way of dying and that is the lethal injection

why? they already make a habit out of extrajudicial tortuse, what difference does it make

lethal injection if fukin expensive

i guarantee that a firing squad putting bout three fiddy bullets in yo ass is gonna kill you

[AndrettiFamily]

our country is not about efficient methods, we need to spend the most money possible while accomplishing the least results.

[AndrettiFamily]

Because unlike the movies a bullet doesn't always kill you.

Tell the inmate to stand in a coffin, cover his head, 3 shots to the head. He'll be dead everytime + easy cleanup. Save the state millions of dollars.

[Technophyle]

Yet the money saved with a bullet over lethal injection can be used to build schools, pave roads, for better things. Death is death, no matter how you look at it. Don't be retarded bro.

Also not to be in humane but most people on death penalty killed innocent people and went on killing sprees for their own pleasure. I don't think they deserve a luxury of getting a painless death when they've caused so much pain to others.

[chlaxman]

It was designed to be the most humane method of execution for both the executed and those witnessing.

Of course it isn't very humane in general. Doses are given incorrectly and the executed isn't in a coma, just paralyzed, when the lethal drugs are introduced, which would lead to an incredibly painful and terrifying death.

Personally I'd much rather have a freshly sharpened guillotine.

[ManletBrahh]

How much does each lethal injection cost?

$1,286.86 (sauce: articles. latimes. com/2012/feb/24/nation/la-na-nn-execution-drugs-20120224)

that's not the expensive part. What costs a butt-load of money is keeping them incarcerated for 10+ years during the appeals process. The appeals for death row inmates is almost endless and becomes a black hole of money because of all the time the litigation takes. Not only does the state have to pay for the time they spend trying to put the guy to death, but most defendants are indigent, so the state also ends up paying the defense legal fees

[xnorthface]

you really think that shooting someone would save enough money to build shools instead of giving them a lethal injection?
even if it was the case, you have to think about that someones life is going to end! i think anybody deserves the least painful and frightening way of death no matter what they were in for.

[DdotT]

From a logical perspective, shooting is not easily controlled, it is a high energy projectile.
Lethal injection uses measured chemicals and can be done in a controlled enviroment.

[Ravalis]

you really think that shooting someone would save enough money to build shools instead of giving them a lethal injection?
even if it was the case, you have to think about that someones life is going to end! i think anybody deserves the least painful and frightening way of death no matter what they were in for.

I would just stop posting ITT

Also not to be in humane but most people on death penalty killed innocent people and went on killing sprees for their own pleasure. I don't think they deserve a luxury of getting a painless death when they've caused so much pain to others.

I'm 100% with you, they don't deserve all this money spent on them and need to be taken away from society.

[Babalu1]

It's probably the least effective option, it is inhumane, there could be mental issues down the line for those doing the firing.

Basically it is a chit method of execution and common sense should have shown this, OP.

[xnorthface]

I would just stop posting ITT



I'm 100% with you, they don't deserve all this money spent on them and need to be taken away from society.

i really hope you change you view what people "deserve" as you get older bro

srs

[Ravalis]

i really hope you change you view what people "deserve" as you get older bro

srs

If someone kills my mother, I want him dead as well. An eye for an eye. I don't want him to be comfortable and living it up for years in a jail cell and getting a peaceful way to die. He deserves to die the 2nd he takes away my mothers life.

You're 23, don't be so naive.

[TotalGymFreak]

Because the punishment has to be as painless and quick as possible
A firing squad does not guarantee an instant death