The arguments against using the electric chair for execution

[Starmix]

Arguments against the use of the electric chair as a method of execution is condemned is cruel and unusual punishment. Opponents argue that electrocution inflicts unnecessary pain and suffering, violating the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel punishment.

There is a likelihood that the electric charge does not produce instantaneous unconsciousness. Experts claim the brain is shielded from much of the electricity by the skull, and the alternating current could repetitively activate the brain, causing excruciating pain and a sense of external horror. The primary mechanism of death may be the cooking of the brain from the heat created by the passage of electricity through the brain tissue.

Electrocution involves lingering death, bodily mutilation, and physical violence indicative of inhumanity and barbarity. There have been numerous reported instances of botched executions using the electric chair, where inmates experienced prolonged suffering. Witnesses have ever reported violent lunging, arching, clenching of hands, heavy chests, and jerking legs. Smoke and steam emanate from the body, with the smell of burning flesh, and skin color changing. It may take two or three electrocutions to kill a prisoner.

Many states have shifted towards lethal injection as a more humane method of execution, although this, too, has faced legal challenges.

 

[gwolf666]

From my perspective, the use of the electric chair as a method of execution is deeply problematic and ethically questionable. Evidence and testimonies show that it can cause unnecessary and prolonged suffering, which runs counter to the principle of humanity that should guide any form of justice. The idea that electricity can repeatedly activate the brain and cause unspeakable pain is terrifying and inhumane to me. Furthermore, cases of botched executions and the horrific visual and physical effects, such as burns and involuntary movements, reflect a practice that seems more like a form of torture than an effective execution. Although some countries have opted for lethal injection, it too has been questioned on its own legality and ethics. Ultimately, I believe that no form of execution should cause such suffering, and society should seriously reconsider whether the death penalty, in its various forms, is truly justifiable.

 

[Starmix]

I watched via YouTube the electricution of the inmate from the Philippines who raped the young, lovely, and famous movie actress in the Philippines' cinema. The inmate was allowed to eat what he wanted to eat and his head was denuded. While sitting on the electric chair, the entire Philippines waited for the phone to ring before 3 in the afternoon, to mean pardon and execution will not go on, however, when 3 pm stroked, there was no call and the electric circuit was on to execute the inmate. It was indeed horrific. That inmate was the first and the last to be executed when Marcos, Sr., the Philippines President that time was ousted via EDSA PEOPLE POWER headed by the Catholic priests, nuns, and military officials.