Lethal Injection actually has the highest rate of botched executions according to stats collected by the Death Penalty information center. over 7% of the executions go wrong.
The lowest was firing squad, though with that one, because its a heart shot, the convict absolutely dies, but it does take some time.
Probably the best most effective method of execution though would be the Russian version of the firing squad.
Basically the condemned is invited up to the wardens office to write a final letter to the president to plea for clemency. Then he is ordered returned to his cell. As the prisoner is escorted back, a executioner leaps out of a door in a hallway and shoots the convict in the back of the head, so there's no real waiting and the executed never see's it coming or feels it.
Really?
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5. Ron McAndrew, a former Warden at Florida State Prison, worked with the department of corrections from 1978-2000.
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Here I want to say that one must be careful in searching his soul…one may just find that God is there and that He does not support the barbaric idea that man should execute man…After twenty-three years in Corrections, I have come to the conclusion that killing people is wrong. We have no business doing it, except in self-defense, in defense of someone else or in defense of the nation. And it’s wrong for us to ask others do it for us.”
Why? Hanging was probably quicker and more humane then other methods.
Lethal injection has had its problems.
Electrocution isn't perfect.
Gassing showed to be inefficient
Firing squad wasn't perfect and it lead to psychological problems for the executioners.
Beheading isn't instant death. the last thing you see is probably your body fighting the restraints and then the bottom of a basket.
At least they didn't roll out the Brass Bull, or use a neck screw.
