>Because of a shield law passed in 2023, little is known about the members of the firing squad. According to a spokeswoman with the Department of Corrections, they train every month, year-round.
These names should all be public. I can’t believe people volunteer to kill like this. Absolutely disgusting.
>The victims’ grandson, Ricky Sims, told The Greenville News that Mr. Sigmon needed to pay for what he had done. “He took away two people who would have done anything for their family,” he said.
You’re sick, and I hope images of his gruesome execution stay with you for life.
The death penalty is wrong.
BombshellExpose on
Regression to the 19th century
SilverSquid1810 on
Maybe a hot take but if you’re going to execute someone, the firing squad is honestly one of the best ways to do it short of something like nitrogen asphyxiation. It outwardly looks like one of the most “barbaric” methods of execution because you’re, well, shooting someone to death (and indeed, there was a famous criminal in Utah who specifically requested death by firing squad because he felt like it would embarrass the state to remind everyone Utah still had the firing squad as an option). But it’s almost guaranteed to be an immediate and virtually painless death. It’s simple and it’s effective in the vast majority of cases. I am almost inclined to call something like lethal injection “virtue signaling”, because it *looks* like a more “peaceful” death from the outside, but it tends to result in a far longer execution with a much higher rate of failure. And I say this as an opponent of the death penalty.
theryman on
The governor should to physically pull the trigger in these cases.
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>Because of a shield law passed in 2023, little is known about the members of the firing squad. According to a spokeswoman with the Department of Corrections, they train every month, year-round.
These names should all be public. I can’t believe people volunteer to kill like this. Absolutely disgusting.
>The victims’ grandson, Ricky Sims, told The Greenville News that Mr. Sigmon needed to pay for what he had done. “He took away two people who would have done anything for their family,” he said.
You’re sick, and I hope images of his gruesome execution stay with you for life.
The death penalty is wrong.
Regression to the 19th century
Maybe a hot take but if you’re going to execute someone, the firing squad is honestly one of the best ways to do it short of something like nitrogen asphyxiation. It outwardly looks like one of the most “barbaric” methods of execution because you’re, well, shooting someone to death (and indeed, there was a famous criminal in Utah who specifically requested death by firing squad because he felt like it would embarrass the state to remind everyone Utah still had the firing squad as an option). But it’s almost guaranteed to be an immediate and virtually painless death. It’s simple and it’s effective in the vast majority of cases. I am almost inclined to call something like lethal injection “virtue signaling”, because it *looks* like a more “peaceful” death from the outside, but it tends to result in a far longer execution with a much higher rate of failure. And I say this as an opponent of the death penalty.
The governor should to physically pull the trigger in these cases.
Amazing. What a progressive state!
Better than the injection or the chair