> the death penalty would be carried out by opiate overdose, which is super reliable and painless
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But instead we have fucked up priorities even for people with a state that believes in killing ppl
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @loudpenitent
Yeah I don't actually understand what the standards are for the lethal injection protocol
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It's literally based around "they can't die in agony but we don't want to 'reward' them with a 'pleasant' death"
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Same logic by which we spend great effort preventing death row inmates from committing suicide
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Even if the suicide method is extremely unpleasant clearly the agency over their own death is something they desire
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So we have to withhold it or it's not punishment
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I know I've heard horror stories about botched LIs causing agonizing heart attacks while conscious
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Because they got the dosage wrong on the sedative
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I mean if it's not gonna be painless you might as well request to be hanged or shot by firing squad just to put them to the trouble
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Firing squad is fucked up in that way too -- we'll give you a chance you might painfully bleed out instead of a clean shot to the medulla
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Replying to @arthur_affect @loudpenitent
Yep. If you asked me to choose an execution method that's legal, hanging would probably be it. Or guillotine.
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