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re: Anyone else think the guillotine is the most humane form of execution?

Posted on 11/2/14 at 6:03 am to
Posted by lsufan9193969700
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 6:03 am to
It seems as humane as anything else.
Posted by LSUtigerME
Walker, LA
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 6:55 am to
Efficient but not humane.

I think the blades would also dull during multiple executions and would take more than one attempt to succeed. That's not very humane.

Injection is pretty humane. Lie on a table, get an injection that puts you to sleep.
Posted by Breesus
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 7:00 am to
It's about time we reopen the coliseum. The world is ready. That's the greatest form of execution in history.
Posted by pleading the fifth
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 8:22 am to
If they let anesthesiologists start the IV and administer the correct drugs it would be the most painless death ever. Essentially it would be like a general anesthetic you never woke up from.
Posted by TrueTiger
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 8:34 am to
If 'humane' = 'reduction of time consciousness of death' than a
single bullet to the back of the head would seem to do well.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 9:24 am to
You're assuming the guillotine blade is sharp enough for one clean slice. I'm sure there were plenty of times when the dull blade made it a messy affair.
This post was edited on 11/2/14 at 9:25 am
Posted by Charlie Arglist
Wichita, Kansas
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 9:48 am to
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You're assuming the guillotine blade is sharp enough for one clean slice. I'm sure there were plenty of times when the dull blade made it a messy affair.


Dude, it's a huge sharp blade with a big arse weight on top of it...falling from like 20 or 30 feet up in the air. I really don't think there were any botched attempts.
This post was edited on 11/2/14 at 3:08 pm
Posted by Freder
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 9:53 am to
Who is going to clean up all the vomit from witnesses who see a headless body spurting blood everywhere?
Posted by Freder
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 9:54 am to
quote:

Injection is pretty humane. Lie on a table, get an injection that puts you to sleep.


Yet, executioners still find a way to frick it up.
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 10:30 am to
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Well, the brain doesn't just shut down just because it's been removed from the body. It shuts down due to lack of blood circulation.


Wouldn't the blood pressure drop instantly and basically render one unconscious in a second or two?
Posted by NATidefan
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 10:31 am to
Just make sure ya tie the body down, the like to get up and walk around. There's video of this somewhere on the net.
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 10:32 am to
LINK

I don't understand why we don't use nitrogen asphyxiation. It is simple, painless, works every time, and cheap.

"When humans breathe in pure nitrogen, helium, argon, sulfur hexafluoride, methane, or any other chemically inert gas(es), they exhale carbon dioxide without resupplying oxygen. Inert gases are generally free of odor and taste. As such, the human subject detects no abnormal sensation. This leads to asphyxiation (death from lack of oxygen) without the painful and traumatic feeling of suffocation, or the side effects of poisoning."

Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 10:32 am to
Hanging is better. Less mess and very effective.
Posted by dreaux
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 10:41 am to
drugged and falling asleep forever = most humane..
Posted by dreaux
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 10:42 am to
quote:

If they let anesthesiologists start the IV and administer the correct drugs it would be the most painless death ever. Essentially it would be like a general anesthetic you never woke up from.



shoot me up with a ton of heroin...
Posted by bencoleman
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 10:43 am to
Have you ever seen a person killed by guillotine? Their head flies one way and their body flies another, it's brutal
Posted by Rawdawgs
Member since Dec 2007
910 posts
Posted on 11/2/14 at 10:53 am to
They hung a fat guy in Washington State once and didn't do the drop math right. Popped his frigging head right off. Pretty messy.
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 10:56 am to
quote:

Yet, executioners still find a way to frick it up.




Good
Posted by pleading the fifth
Member since Feb 2006
3991 posts
Posted on 11/2/14 at 11:07 am to
5 mg Versed
100 mcg Fentanyl
100 mg Lidocaine
300 mg Propofol
20 mg Pancuronium (or 100 mg Rocuronium)
100 mEq Potassium Chloride

Bam - death, painless and quick for like $25-50
Posted by KBeezy
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Posted on 11/2/14 at 12:16 pm to
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Dude, it's a huge sharp blade with a big arse weight on top of it...falling from like 20 or 30 feet up in the air. I really don't think their were any botched attempts.


Try 6 feet. And yes there have been plenty of frick ups

The most common being the blade not sharp enough and turning into more of a bludgeoning through the spine with multiple drops of the blade. It would just kind of crush through eventually rather than slice
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