Gack. The drug companies aren't making it easy for us to get drugs for lethal injection

[Horse with no Name]

Instead of becoming enlightened and realizing that there might be an ethical reason for it.

I sincerely hope that we don't revert back to our barbaric firing squads, electric chairs, hangings, etc.

Caught this on Rachel.

[Chan790]

1. Actually, we can't revert for the most part.

Most of those have been struck as "cruel and unusual". Mostly cruel.

We could just...you know...abandon the folly of capital punishment. :shrug:

[Horse with no Name]

2. Well being that I live in Texas

and the DOJ isn't interested in protecting our constitutional rights...I am pretty sure that not much is gonna get in the way of our killing...especially preserving constitutional rights.

[tularetom]

3. As long as we have horses and rope we could still draw and quarter people

Or we could do like most modern civilizations have done and quit frying criminals.

[jmowreader]

4. What? You mean keep barbaric lethal injection?

Reverting back to the firing squad would be the best thing, for two reasons: instantaneous death, and the unwillingness of juries to order it. (France kept the guillotine as its method of execution until capital punishment was abolished there for this very reason--polite, modern French citizens won't order someone to be cut in two.) Lethal injection? Oh, he just goes to sleep with a smile on his face and never wakes up, so juries order it readily.

[Iggo]

5. Good.

[Angleae]

6. Multiple states still allow for the use of those other methods.

Electric chair: AL, AR*, FL, KY*, SC, TN*, VA
Gas chamber: AZ*, CA, MS
Hanging: NH, WA
Firing Squad: UT*

* Limited to a particular sentencing date or earlier.

In addition, 2 states (OK, WY) have alternates in place if lethal injection is found to be unconstitutional.