On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:09:21 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 7/26/2019 1:14 PM, Oren wrote:
U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) staff will be busy in December and
January Barr ordered the government to adopt a new method for
executing prisoners, replacing its lethal cocktail with injections of
a single drug, pentobarbital. (just one "hot shot")

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/25/justice-department-resumes-use-death-penalty-schedules-executions/1825792001/


There has been concern that drugs can cause pain. I'd not want to see a
murdering rapist be uncomfortable as he dies.

The guillotine seems reliable enough. Swift and final.



Sell tickets ! Close-up Slo-Mo video replay on U-tube ..

Live Pay-per-View like the big boxing matches used to be ?

OnLine live last-minute voting for Reprieve / No Reprieve !

... just imagine the R A T I N G S !

Advert. revenue .. bigger than the SuperBowl !

... only one trouble .. when you execute every week or so
you start to lose your audience ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capita...hment_in_Texas

It might work in some countries, though - where they would tend to
execute once every 5 or 10 years.

John T.