BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 7 months agoAlabama inmate executed with nitrogen gas was ‘shaking violently’ for 22 minutes, witnesses saywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1235arrow-down1external-linkAlabama inmate executed with nitrogen gas was ‘shaking violently’ for 22 minutes, witnesses saywww.theguardian.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square77fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarethree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 months agoI doubt running a crane or gantry for an hour costs very much. You could add guide rails, á la guillotine.
minus-squareMrCookieRespect@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoI mean you need to build one of these things everywhere you execute people… And they need to operate every time you execute someone. At that point just use a guillotine.
minus-squarewebghost0101@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoYoud need to design a pretty good fall room that can handle frequent dropping and cleanup is a mix of dust, rubble and human body The bullet is better. Though guillotine work as well and had style points.
minus-squareDroechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoMaybe something like the trash compactor from Star Wars but with a rocket sled acceleration of one of the walls?
I doubt running a crane or gantry for an hour costs very much. You could add guide rails, á la guillotine.
I mean you need to build one of these things everywhere you execute people… And they need to operate every time you execute someone.
At that point just use a guillotine.
Youd need to design a pretty good fall room that can handle frequent dropping and cleanup is a mix of dust, rubble and human body
The bullet is better. Though guillotine work as well and had style points.
Maybe something like the trash compactor from Star Wars but with a rocket sled acceleration of one of the walls?