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JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi lawmakers are advancing a proposal to add firing squad, electrocution and gas chamber as execution methods in case a court blocks the use of lethal injection drugs.

House Bill 638 is a response to lawsuits filed by "liberal, left-wing radicals," said House Judiciary B Committee Chairman Andy Gipson, a Republican.

The bill passed the House amid opposition Wednesday, and it moves to the Senate for more debate.

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Lethal injection is Mississippi's only execution method. The state faces lawsuits claiming the drugs it plans to use would violate constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment.

Mississippi hasn't been able to acquire the execution drugs it once used, and it last carried out an execution in 2012. The state has 47 people on death row , and some have been there for decades.

The 33 states with the death penalty all have lethal injection as the primary method of execution, according to the Death Penalty Information Center . The center says only Oklahoma and Utah have firing squad as an option; eight states have electrocution as an option; five have gas chamber as an option; and three have hanging as an option.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ll-bring-back-firing-squad-executions-n718906

 

[Mr Swine]

Is that a banned source? If so any other sources to confirm this?

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Is that a banned source? If so any other sources to confirm this?

Try this one.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mississippi-advances-bill-bring-back-firing-squad-executions-n718906

 

[Glix]

Frankly id prefer this to electrocution or injection if i was the one goong out

 

[fluffydelusions]

Is that a banned source? If so any other sources to confirm this?

Yeah sorry fixed it with a proper one

 

[Jonnax]

would expand options for the death penalty to include the electric chair, the firing squad, and the gas chamber.

Erm. Isn't Gas Chamber bit more of a shocking thing vs firing squad? Wtf wtf?

 

[Count Dookkake]

Will they still get to smoke a cig before?

 

[perfectchaos007]

In regressive steps they leaped past the electric chair. they will be one step away from the noose and 2 steps away from the guillotine

 

[ponpo]

I mean if they are going to keep the death penalty and it's becoming increasingly more difficult to lethally inject someone, I guess this is an option.

Better than hanging anyway.

 

[Xe4]

As barbaric as the death penalty is, death by firing squad seems the least fucked up to me. Over very quickly (usually), and you can have an open casket. Certainly a lot more humane than injection or electrocution.

They all fucking suck though.

 

[RPGamer92]

Next up: bring back the guillotine

 

[PJV3]

What happened to strapping people on the end of a cannon?

 

[KHlover]

That might actually be more humane than the hour long torture you got when they fucked up the chemical cocktail.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

In regressive steps they leaped past the electric chair. they will be one step away from the noose and 2 steps away from the guillotine

Compared to hanging guillotine is pretty painless though.

 

[Velcro Fly]

This is way more humane than the chair or lethal injection

 

[NH Apache]

I missed some of the small text. Is it musket only as well?

smh

 

[Steel]

Honestly, may as well if capital punishment is legal anyway. Dead is dead. Though, it'd for sure fuck with the heads of the people pulling the trigger.

Now, if we're talking capital punishment in general, it's a bad idea. People on death row cost more than people who get life in prison, but, regardless.

 

[Nokterian]

Is this the year 1863 or 1940? I can't tell anymore,fucking disgusting seeing this.

 

[Eusis]

Gas chamber? Really? Are they actually going to go full Nazi here?

 

[excelsiorlef]

As barbaric as the death penalty is, death by firing squad seems the least fucked up to me. Over very quickly (usually), and you can have an open casket. Certainly a lot more humane than injection or electrocution.

They all fucking suck though.

I mean injection when it works is way more humane than fucking shooting them

 

[Xe4]

Next up: bring back the guillotine

In terms of how humane a death it looks, the guillotine is the worst by far. In terms of how humane the death actually is, guillotine is the beat by far. Too much history for it to be used though, me thinks.

 

[Aselith]

Why though?

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

I know it looks horrendous, but wasn't the guillotine known for being painless? Sounds a lot better than getting shot and bleeding out as does risking a fuck up with lethal injection.

 

[TeamLeftMatch]

Why don't they bring the witch trials while they're at it

 

[Jonnax]

What I want to know is what company is providing by gas chamber gas? That's pretty fucking evil.

 

[____]

Why though?

This is the question I have.

 

[Mr Swine]

Try this one.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mississippi-advances-bill-bring-back-firing-squad-executions-n718906

Yeah sorry fixed it with a proper one

Thanks!

 

[Zophar]

Banana Republic's really *are* back in vogue.

 

[adj_noun]

I know it looks horrendous, but wasn't the guillotine known for being painless?

Nobody complained afterwards.

 

[Josh5890]

What happened to strapping people on the end of a cannon?

I more of a "take a long walk off a short dock" kind of guy.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

Maybe stop executing people?

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

Been made legal in a couple of states already. Supposed to be a backup option if they can't get the drugs they need for lethal injection.

 

[Bonen no Max'd]

I don't see what the real deal about firing squads are, since like, the death penalty is already bad so like it's not that big a change. The gas chamber thing is concerning given the current president though.

 

[EnlightenedMint]

Continuing to move backwards.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Honestly, may as well if capital punishment is legal anyway. Dead is dead. Though, it'd for sure fuck with the heads of the people pulling the trigger.

Now, if we're talking capital punishment in general, it's a bad idea. People on death row cost more than people who get life in prison, but, regardless.

Psychologically that's why it is a squad.. you'll never know if your bullet killed the prisoner and neither will any of the other shooters, so in the end no one knows and can rest easy because well it wasn't their bullet.

The five executioners, certified police officers who remain anonymous, stood about 25 feet (7.6 meters) away and shot from behind a black curtain and through a brick wall cut with a gun port, or a special opening for the firearms. Of the five guns, one was loaded with a blank so that no one would be able to determine who fired the fatal shot.

http://www.livescience.com/10710-death-penalty-firing-squad-carried.html

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Let's go!!! Repeat History!!

 

[driggonny]

This is the question I have.

The article says that they're having a hard time getting the appropriate drugs for lethal injection.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

Been made legal in a couple of states already. Supposed to be a backup option if they can't get the drugs they need for lethal injection.

Isn't it also available upon request? I know some right-wing militia dude asked for it many years back.

 

[Xe4]

I mean injection when it works is way more humane than fucking shooting them

When it works is the catch, though. When it fails, and it fails far too often, you end up in hours of excruciating pain sometimes unknown to those watching.

The nicest way of excecuting someone is probably by inhalation of something like helium while under, but there are no truly easy ways to die.

 

[Glix]

This is the question I have.

Killing innocent minorities for crimes they didnt commit isnt enough. They need to be able to do it in the manner they please or else their rights are being infringed upon

 

[bidguy]

why a squad though ? single clean headshot wouldnt kill someone ?

 

[ChryZ]

Go full guillotine, also handy when they're already in place ... you know ... for the revolution and stuff, the top 3% better not loose their heads

 

[Royal_Phalanx]

The firing squad is much more humane than electrocution or the gas chamber. If I had to be executed I would pick being shot. Still a regressive step nonetheless.

 

[Brandon F]

 

[rec0ded1]

We have the technology just do a show like the running man.

 

[TyphoonStruggle]

Maybe not so bad, based on my assumption that death comes quickly.

 

[ICO_SotC]

How do these people live with themselves knowing the number of people that have been released from death row due to discovery of new evidence, particularity DNA. If the process was speedier, those people would be dead. It's a good thing that the process is slow and deliberate.

I guess the chance to kill a lot of black people is just too good to pass up for these people.

 

[Sectorseven]

Who gets to clean that up?

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

If you're going to be executed it's probably the best way, it's quick and the general practice is to not load all the guns with real bullets so the executioner(s) don't know who actually killed the guy.

 

[Trickster]

why a squad though ? single clean headshot wouldnt kill someone ?

It's so you can't hold an individual to account for the killing I believe