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In reply to the discussion: US should use firing squads, electrocution as execution methods, Justice Department says [View all]timms139
(559 posts)56. I'm all for
these things but to only be used for Elected officials who commit crimes against the country and it's security .Like presidents and cabinet members and members of the house and senate and judicial branch . Trump should have already been tried and convicted for the theft of classified documents .I wonder if the scientists missing could be because of Trump's reckless handling of those documents .
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US should use firing squads, electrocution as execution methods, Justice Department says [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Friday
OP
Electrocution might be the most cruel method ever used in the US outside of botched hangings.
hlthe2b
Friday
#3
I agree. Give the convicted of horrible crimes hard labor and life in prison IMHO.
riversedge
Friday
#17
Why not just keep the UFC stadium on the south lawn and make them a public affair!
EarthFirst
Friday
#12
Middle Kingdom is China. China never did that, but had other inventive torturous death penalties.
AZLD4Candidate
Friday
#33
Hanged, drawn and quartered works too. Why not the Iron Bull? Or death by milk and honey?
AZLD4Candidate
Friday
#32
Put someone in a box with their head sticking out then put the box on water. Feed them nothing but milk and honey
AZLD4Candidate
23 hrs ago
#46
I prefer death by painful natural causes that cause him to shit, piss, drool, and puke on himself while
AZLD4Candidate
20 hrs ago
#55
"We'll try it on the Cabinet first, see how it goes, then go from there." nt
eppur_se_muova
Friday
#36
There is no element of human progress that this administration isn't targeting for destruction.
CBHagman
Yesterday
#40
The above forms of capital murder are approved by the NRA and your local power thieves.
GreenWave
22 hrs ago
#51