(June 30, 2011 at 5:33 pm)Napoleon Wrote: My grandad actually knew someone who used to do the lethal injection. He was a pleasant guy, and whilst he enjoyed his job (in a sense) he most certainly did not 'relish' taking life.
I can understand the executioner's situation. When execution is the sentence, someone has to be executioner.
In the case of Pierrepoint, he was expert at the job. It was a kind of science to him. I would rather have had him pull the lever, knowing he was the best at what he did, than someone less skilled, who may have made me suffer the insufferable.
I don't think executioners down the ages have all been maniacal murderers who got off on their power. I suspect for the majority it was just a job ( and probably the best job they could aspire to ).
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
