Cruelty
Recently there has been much discussion on whether execution by lethal injection is cruel or not - seems that the combination of the three cocktail injection was rejected by the vets a long time ago because of the pain it might cause the animals who were being put down. The first injection to render the person unconscious, then another to stop all muscle movement except the heart (this paralysis is supposed to make the death less gruesome for the witnesses) and the final injection to stop the heart. The ongoing discussion is amazing to me - killing someone is ok, but just don't make it gruesome and cruel? death is not cruel? and what is with making the death easier to watch for the witnesses?
It is amazing to me how we can look down on other countries for their executions by hanging and label them inhumane and yet have executions (in whatever form) in our own countries.
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i'm thinking how about killing a killer exactly the same way he killed his victim? The victim went through pain too, you know. that should be fair enough.
See I am not sure about that either - what if the killer was suffering from some form of illness? a lot of times when killers kill they do so in a rage of passion - isn't doing the same but in logical indifference worst? and aren't we bringing ourselves to the inhumane level of the murderers? that is one of the problems i see with executions - aren't we lowering our morality and humanity to that which we condemn?
Its not fair... thats why is so much better for a life sentence with a deplorable humiliating sad existence for the rest of your days :)
The Guillotine was supposed to be humane ...
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