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    • 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      That seems like a good idea. If they really want to execute someone, make the official of the state shoot them on video. I'm guessing capital punishment would be almost zero within 10 years, because nobody wants to be seen as a cold-blooded killer, especially when they know that people could review the video.

    • LeninsBeard [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      Methods of execution have never been about easing the suffering of the person being executed, it's about absolving the guilt felt by the executor