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Someone • today at 6:31 AM • 0 replies • view on HN

> What is wrong with firing squads? They have been used longer than lethal injections. If they didn’t succeed the first time they can fire again.

Many jurisdictions (I would hope all) have laws against cruel punishment. Having to retry an execution definitely falls under that.

(Also, for many, there’s something wrong with capital punishment, to start with, but that’s a different discussion)