Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Firing Squad Or Electric Chair?" video.

  1. There's been a few documentaries into the ways countries execute people. Way back in the 90s there was British documentary that highlighted that 90% of all people executed by nations during the 20th century up to that time were NOT even charged with a crime let alone got a trial. They went into all they ways people are executed and how long it takes, etc, etc. Among the more amazing things was where America got its information in lethal drug mixes. The source was from a group of Nazi doctors who experimented on orphans. As part of working out what to do with the Jews these doctors were trialing methods on orphans. Being very good at book keeping they had detailed notes on what they did which were recovered by American personnel. Another documentary was done by another British journalist about 10 years ago when the subject in Britain of dealing with extremists brought up the possible reintroduction of the death penalty. After discounting what many nations do, the journalist went and looked at how animals are slaughtered. One method stood out, Carbon Dioxide. If you flood an enclosed space with CO2 it simply knocks mammals out and they don't wake up. At best there's a brief moment of euphoria before passing out. Its insanely quick. During the Lake Nyos Disaster people literally took the next step and fell down dead -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos_disaster When the Journalist met the chief American doctor in charge of executions he told him about CO2. When told it was quick, painless and at worst incurred a moment of euphoria due to oxygen starvation the American doctor replied "Its a punishment, its not meant to be nice."
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