to me, the electric chair was definitely the most brutal. Having to sit and be fried until you die~ what a way to go. At least with the lethal injection you don't feel any pain....right? you just sort of drift off and pass away, don't you? Also, the firing squad was pretty brutal, as well as the gas chamber, but to me, nothing beats the electric chair.
2007-01-18 15:29:20 · 19 answers · asked by Yvette S 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I have to go with England in the 1800's. If you were found guilty of treason you would be hanged, drawn and quartered.
Until 1870, the full punishment for the crime was to be "hanged, drawn, and quartered" in that the convict would be:
Dragged on a hurdle (a wooden frame) to the place of execution. (drawn)
Hanged by the neck, but removed before death (hanged).
Disembowelled, and the genitalia and entrails burned before the victim's eyes (often mistaken for drawing).
Beheaded and the body divided into four parts (quartered).
Typically, the resulting five parts (i.e. the four quarters of the body and the head) were gibbeted (put on public display) in different parts of the city, town, or, in famous cases, country, to deter would-be traitors. Gibbeting was abolished in England in 1843.
2007-01-18 16:57:49 · answer #1 · answered by dta_stonecold_dta 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say the Electric Chair would be #1. You know that a taser is painful - imagine what jumping up the amps to a lethal dosage and shooting that through your brain would be like.
#2 would have to be the Gas Chamber. Once those chemicals hit the water you know your next few breaths will be your last. It's like participating in your own execution. How long can you hold your breath?
Hanging would be #3. It's quick if it's done right, but if it's botched you slowly strangle to death.
Firing squad would be #4.
2007-01-18 23:44:17 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on February, 9,2004 William Corviss 17, was arrested in Dallas TX for posession of less than 10 grms of marijuana. He had no previous record but was nonetheless sentenced to 10 years in the Texas Dept of Corrections. Upon arrival in Gatesville prison the youth was set upon and over the course of 5 hours raped & beaten over 25 times, The final incident was with the aide of a broken mop handle which perforated his bowel in 4 places he was then dragged and left in a maintenance closet where he was found 2 days later still clinging to life. Although medical attention was performed the trauma was too intense, blood loss too great, and septicemia too far advanced for his broken body to fight. Murdered for posession of 1 marijuana cigarette ,...brutal indeed!!
2007-01-19 00:35:21 · answer #3 · answered by Ambulance chaser 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's antiquated but I always though "The Brazen Bull" was a horrible way to go. It was more of a torture device than a device of execution, but it served to kill. Essentially, the offender was placed into a large metal bull and slowly roasted to death.
This method was truly used back in the Greek / Roman era. Here is a link to a deeper story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazen_bull
2007-01-19 00:40:51 · answer #4 · answered by James P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The firing squad is still used in Utah, but it is not default. I believe you have to request it.
But I agree, the electric chair certainly isn't anything to be happy about.
2007-01-18 23:40:39 · answer #5 · answered by amg503 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life in prison would be the most brutal of all. Seems to me anyway. It takes a lot longer than any other way.
2007-01-18 23:37:34 · answer #6 · answered by HeyDude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Death of a thousand cuts, also called death by "slow slicing" in China sounds like the worst.
Although being drawn and quartered in England sounds pretty awful too.
Firing squad would be cake IMO, plus they give you a smoke.
2007-01-18 23:44:25 · answer #7 · answered by days_o_work 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately no one who has been executed can tell us which hurts more, or is the least painless. But remember most of these people raped, tortured, or taunted their victims. No matter what pain the go through during the execution could compare with what their victim went through!
2007-01-19 00:19:01 · answer #8 · answered by shellybear0520 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hanging seems to me to be the worst. There are even worse things in some countries, but in this country I think the needle would be the best.
2007-01-19 00:01:09 · answer #9 · answered by Nort 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Afghanistan if your sentence is death - you will be put in prison and your sentence will be carried out by your being stoned to death.
Personally, I can think of no greater claim to brutality than to be stoned until dead.
2007-01-18 23:43:36 · answer #10 · answered by Akkita 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋