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Yeah lethal injection is horrific and only apparently less traumatic to observers, not the patient. i am not sure how a modern firing squad is operated, but ill point out that people survive high bullet wound counts all the time, but hopefully shock sets in quickly at least yes. hanging is generally intentionally ineffective, the cruelty is as much the point as in li.
hypoxia is a hard one to argue with, but yeah executions simply shouldnt be a thing
In the case of the above, (Gardner) it was 5 shooters, 25 ft, with a target on his heart. .30 caliber rifle rounds, 4 live rounds, 1 wax.
Assuming the shooters were braced and zeroed, expected deviation would be tiny, maybe if I were cynical, expect a spread of 4 inches?that's really generous at that range, with a good brace and quality rifles.
4 rifle rounds on target for the heart at 25 ft with a deviation no more than 4 inches would be mean instant death, 99.9% of the time. That's pretty damn good compared to hanging or leathal injection, hence my "vote" to get that one.
this relies still on the shooters doing a good job, but yeah fair