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>It's certainly wrong to intentionally botch a procedure to prolong this process. It should be as quick as possible. But aside from that, that's what we had here in Arizona - a successful execution of a man who murdered two innocent people (and admitted it). There are multiple eyewitness reports that the man was snoring heavily, and not squirming and grunting. Anyone with sleep apnea knows that someone on their back, fast asleep, will snore the chimney off.
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>OK, so it took longer than it normally does. Big deal. I would argue that a process intended to make the person suffer while fully conscious is cruel and unusual. But I see nothing cruel and unusual here. Is capital punishment cruel? Of course it is. It's vicious. It's supposed to be. But "cruel AND unusual" is a completely different context.
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> If anyone is that concerned, fine, then get a firing squad.

Franz Kafka would have loved this thread.
You people are discussing the comparative benefits of ways to kill another human being.