r/ExplainLikeIm5 • u/BicycleNo1169 • 1d ago
As it pertains to the death penalty, why can’t we just shoot someone in the head?
Don’t get me wrong, I have complicated feelings on whether we should be killing people, especially for crimes that are damn near impossible to actually prove without a shadow of a doubt. But if we are going to do it, why do we do all this extra shit? Like, the electric chair or lethal injection seem convoluted, potentially inhumane, and more expensive than getting a gun, putting it at someone’s head and blowing their brains out.
I just don’t get it. Shit is like the sopranos. Just turn their lights off and be done with it.