re: #30 Romantic Heretic
If they want to do someone quickly and painlessly a bullet in the back of the head is ideal. It’s messy, but it works.
And as I’ve said before I think the position of executioner should be filled by conscription of a different person for each execution. Anyone that can vote might get a letter telling them that on this day they must be at this prison no later than 9:00 PM to kill this person at midnight.
I suspect a lot of people in favour of the death penalty will suddenly become quite squeamish if they might be the one who got blood and brains all over themselves.
They should select from the jurors who convicted.