Former President Donald Trump will promote the use of the death penalty as a major part of his 2024 presidential campaign, pushing for the execution of individuals convicted of non-capital crimes and the implementation of old and brutal means of killing them.
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I think a bunch of the more "brutal" execution methods are theoretically more humane than the current lethal injections. Obviously this is a terrible hill to die on, but the guillotine should, if used correctly, be effectively painless.
Anyway, this isn't going to happen bc if people actually have to see the blood and stuff they'll be more likely to oppose the death penalty.
It's kind of weird that the guillotine was phased out in favor of these cockamamie rube goldberg contraptions like gas chambers or electric chairs. Is it just because there is some weird aversion to causing bleeding or gore... while you're *executing * someone?