re: #6 silverdolphin

It took 22 minutes for him to die, with minutes spent thrashing on the gurney. Lethal injection takes 2 minutes ( when they find a vein). A firing squad takes less than 1 second (when they hit the target). Hell, the horrible electrocution from Shawshank Redemption took less than 3 minutes.

Barbaric.

My god. I will never comprehend why conventional anesthesia, followed up with a heart-stopping drug is not how they execute those that get the death penalty. Not that I would approve, capitol punishment is a throwback to barbaric practices like the rack. The media fascination with how we execute is just another symptom of a sickness within our culture.