Originally posted by Guineapig: [QUOTE]...You're probably forgetting the trend of 'humanization' due to Christian pressure. The other alternatives are more clinical.
Actually, I'm not forgetting that at all...and I think one of the problems with the death penalty is that it's gotten TOO clinical and the ritual involved is quite chilling (in more ways than one).
I think the best and quickest and 'least painful' form of execution would either be hanging or shooting someone right between the eyes.
After about 22 years worth of appeals, of course...
Apple
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.