(12-01-2020, 09:50 PM)mikesez Wrote: I think firing squad is fine.
Hanging is fine too.
Both are quick with a little but not much pain and little chance of screw-ups.
I don't see the point of lethal injection, I never did.  Asking doctors to be involved, when they swore to do no harm.  And the whole idea that pain should be eliminated or else it's cruel, I don't agree.  Excessive pain is cruel.  A few moments of pain as part of avoiding a botched execution is not.
Anyhow, if SCOTUS really thinks we have to eliminate uncertainty and pain, there is a simple and foolproof way to ensure someone dies without feeling any pain: inert gas. The human body has a pain reflex to the absence of air, inability to inhale or exhale, and extreme concentrations of certain gases like CO2. It has no pain reflex to the absence of oxygen.  So if you just put someone in a nitrogen-argon mix, they will faint and lose consciousness in seconds and be brain dead within minutes, all without any stress at all.