Condemned South Carolina man Brad Sigmon chooses to die by firing squad
Brad Sigmon chose bullets over lethal injection or the electric chair, "which would burn and cook him alive," his attorney said.
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I think I'd choose firing squad if I had the choice. Lethal injections and electrocutions can go wrong, and I think they sometimes do go wrong, causing a lot of pain and suffering. Firing squad should be a pretty quick death with less suffering.
Lethal injections and electrocutions can go wrong
You say that like a firing squad is a sure thing, and it can be, if they don't miss. Otherwise it'll take quite a bit longer than lethal injection or electrocution.
in September 1951, a Utah firing squad shot Eliseo J. Mares in the hip and abdomen and that it was “several minutes” before he was declared dead
Having been near death a couple times, I can say the human body seems to have mechanisms for physical trauma death more than advanced synthetic techniques.
Bleeding out really just gets you very cold pretty quickly, and then very, very sleepy. Also a warm, cozy feeling the closer you get to falling asleep. Drowning is similar, and so is asphyxiation but there's a bit more panic and random colors first with asphyxiation before the void kicks in. You'd think it'd be the same as drowning but no - maybe with water there's some primordial memory of the womb that activates?
If you do have a chance at surviving tho, make sure you stay awake.
I’m betting you have some pretty interesting stories.
True. I still think I'd prefer the firing squad though. Maybe it's because I think the effects of the other two options could be less predictable and therefore more unpleasant.
I mean, firing squad can also go wrong if someone has terrible aim. I read somewhere (not 100% sure of Verity) that firing squads often have only one real bullet and the rest are blanks so the people shooting can feel better and tell themselves they had the blank and wasn't the one to kill a man, so if that one dude with the real bullet misses a kill shot you're in for a painful time.
I think it's the other way around, most guns loaded for real and one blank. Everyone can still pretend they had the blank
Yeah that's how I've always seen it described/depicted
So I guess just make sure you use people who don't understand basic statistics, otherwise their brain ain't gonna let them let that one go
Fair point. Maybe I just think the pain of being shot would be less unpleasant than the pain of a botched injection or electrocution.