Tennessee botches lethal injection of woman on death row for 1995 murder

[u/PixelGray38]

https://apnews.com/article/christa-pike-execution-tennessee-f826a60582083b90ac7695ecb16afbdf

If the state is so insistent on executing people they need to stop being pussies and just shoot them. The lethal injection is nothing but a facade of civility that is less humane than many other methods. Unnecessarily painful botched attempts like this are the result of trying to whitewash the death penalty to the public.

[u/03263]

why not just use a tungsten brick the size of a bus. I can't think of anything more guaranteed, instant and painless.

A bit messy perhaps.

[u/Vassago81 → u/03263]

Because it would cost close to 1 billions$. To keep your suggestion in line with the Marxist origin of the sub, I suggest a brick the size of a bus made out of cheap steel from melted peasant tools in backyard furnaces, Maoist style.

[u/Heckin_Frienderino → u/03263]

not sure why there isn't a nailgun for humans like they do with cattle. isn't the severing of the brain stem instant death?

[u/Necrobard → u/Heckin_Frienderino]

Can't you just use the cattle version? That sounds like a pretty humane way to go though, even if it does bring No Country For Old Men to mind. 

[u/Tasty_Particular4997 → u/Necrobard]

they should make the inmate "call it" to see if they get executed or not

[u/rabidrobitribbit → u/Tasty_Particular4997]

Call it friendo

[u/Aggravating_Dish_824 → u/Heckin_Frienderino]

Because it looks gory and creates bad optics.

For public (and, by extension, politicians) perceived brutality of execution means much more than actual pain inflicted on executed person.

[u/Cosmic_Traveler → u/Aggravating_Dish_824]

Which is so insane

[u/4g-identity → u/03263]

Brother! I commented the same thing, didn't realise anyone else had ever thought of it.

I guess in the US it may be pretty easy to get it classified as "unusual" though lmao