Chris Koster, Missouri state attorney general, wants to bring back gas chambers

[MadmanJohnson]

And I guess we couldn't just, I don't know, stop executing people?

NEVER! MORE BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, MORE SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

I think something just squeed inside me.

[Meshakhad]

I favor restricting the death penalty to cases where the evidence of guilt is overwhelming, but I still think it should be something we have.

[ironbite]

And I guess we couldn't just, I don't know, stop executing people?

NEVER! MORE BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, MORE SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

Marry me woman.

Ironbite-I don't even care about the age difference...OUR LOVE SHALL OVERCOME EVEN A MOUNTAIN OF SKULLS!

[MadmanJohnson]

And I guess we couldn't just, I don't know, stop executing people?

NEVER! MORE BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, MORE SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

Marry me woman.

Ironbite-I don't even care about the age difference...OUR LOVE SHALL OVERCOME EVEN A MOUNTAIN OF SKULLS!

She's mine,Bitey-chan! HOO BOY. I'll massacre a planet with a fusion cannon for her while juggling chainswords!

[ironbite]

And I'll feed you both to Unicron and make sure it sticks.

Ironbite-I am powered by an unstable quantum singularity...I'M JUST THAT CRAZY!

[Itachirumon]

With a tip of the hat to George Carlin,  strip the person naked, slather him with gravy, and toss him into a small, dark closet with six hungry badgers that are high on angel dust.

But what about...The Button? I feel like The Button would be a good addition to that.

[starseeker]

Is it bad that I want to see what happens if they ever have to execute a Jewish criminal this way?

[PosthumanHeresy]

Is it bad that I want to see what happens if they ever have to execute a Jewish criminal this way?

Israel bitches, we bend over backwards while they continue Apartheid 2: Electric Boogaloo.

[ironbite]

No we don't.  Fuck, only reason the fundies support Israel is so they'll build the temple and start the rapture.

[PosthumanHeresy]

No we don't.  Fuck, only reason the fundies support Israel is so they'll build the temple and start the rapture.

Huh, I hadn't thought of that as being the only reason the support them.

[Sylvana]

Small note, I personally think cheapest way to do executions is with a cattle spike. You get these pneumatic powered spike guns that are shot into the head of cattle when they are slaughtered. Its reasonably humane because one cannot feel pain if the brain is destroyed. Death is basically instantaneous, and it is re-usable.
I feel is it more humane than a guillotine, and cheaper than execution by firearm.

It should be noted that I am personally against the death penalty, but if you are so dead set about having it, at least you can make it efficient.

[PosthumanHeresy]

Small note, I personally think cheapest way to do executions is with a cattle spike. You get these pneumatic powered spike guns that are shot into the head of cattle when they are slaughtered. Its reasonably humane because one cannot feel pain if the brain is destroyed. Death is basically instantaneous, and it is re-usable.
I feel is it more humane than a guillotine, and cheaper than execution by firearm.

It should be noted that I am personally against the death penalty, but if you are so dead set about having it, at least you can make it efficient.

Huh. I was going to argue until I saw reusable. That's pretty reasonable.

[Canadian Mojo]

Cheap and efficient generally promotes increased use.

If you really wanted to execute people humanely the best way would be to not tell them the exact date (or lie and tell them that it is later then it actually is) and then gas them with something painless like Carbon monoxide while they are asleep in their cell. You would need to create a special cell block that had individual cells that were airtight and had forced ventilation but that wouldn't be too big a deal.

No official last meal or anything traditional like that, and probably rife with legal problems, but it would be a very humane system.

[PosthumanHeresy]

Cheap and efficient generally promotes increased use.

If you really wanted to execute people humanely the best way would be to not tell them the exact date (or lie and tell them that it is later then it actually is) and then gas them with something painless like Carbon monoxide while they are asleep in their cell. You would need to create a special cell block that had individual cells that were airtight and had forced ventilation but that wouldn't be too big a deal.

No official last meal or anything traditional like that, and probably rife with legal problems, but it would be a very humane system.

Yes, but anyone who supports the death penalty and is absolutely honest about why, like me, will admit, they don't give a flying shit about being humane. I certainly don't support it for being effective or helpful. I support it because I think rapists and murderers should be punished, and I don't believe in any god and am uncertain about afterlife in general, so part of me thinks it's completely destroying their very being, which is what they deserve.

[wrightway]

Isn't Missouri the state that recently tried to pass a law where you could be arrested for trying to uphold federal gun laws?