a source familiar with the matter on Nostr: I think in cases where a "clean execution" is warranted a better option is exile. The ...
I think in cases where a "clean execution" is warranted a better option is exile. The point of a "clean execution" (in my mind) is to remove the person from your society in order to protect the innocent.
I think an execution that prioritizes the impact on those who survive (who are all that really matter... if the guy suffers for 10 minutes versus just "turns off" isn't going to matter to him for more than 10 minutes) makes sense if it's actually merited to kill someone at all. To my mind, there's no special sadism needed to put a bullet in a violent criminal or to drop one from a gallows. Those are both almost as "clean" and "efficient" as inert gas asphyxiation while providing a far more impressive spectacle to would-be violent criminals.
I think an execution that prioritizes the impact on those who survive (who are all that really matter... if the guy suffers for 10 minutes versus just "turns off" isn't going to matter to him for more than 10 minutes) makes sense if it's actually merited to kill someone at all. To my mind, there's no special sadism needed to put a bullet in a violent criminal or to drop one from a gallows. Those are both almost as "clean" and "efficient" as inert gas asphyxiation while providing a far more impressive spectacle to would-be violent criminals.