There's a debate going in in some parts of the US about whether lethal injections are a humane method of execution. Some say they are relatively painless, others say they can hurt a good deal before the condemned dies. What I don't get is why anyone even cares if it hurts. I certainly don't.
Now, I'm not saying we should go out of our way to make the condemned suffer. I highly dislike the idea of government sanctioned torture. That said, killing someone painlessly isn't easy, and even the most efficient methods won't work perfectly 100% of the time. This doesn't particularly disturb me. These people are being executed for absolutely heinous acts, and while I don't advocate torturing them, if the sentence hurts a bit, why should we all go crying to SCOTUS? We are KILLING these people, after all. My opinion is that we should do this in as quick and efficient a manner as possible, regardless of how it feels to the condemned.
