RE: Is the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment by definition?
January 18, 2014 at 12:58 am
In China, they do those executions outside in the dirt. In Russia, when cannibalist Andrei Chikatilo was executed, I believe the room used had a drain in the middle. Sandbags could also be used to eliminate ricochet of the bullet. That's what the Utah firing squad room uses.
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