Because in those states and among those that support and are involved those executions, the suffering is the whole point, at least to some degree. Anything that makes it more humane lessens the punishment and nobody wants to be seen doing that, because in those minds that means you’re defending murderers and pedo’s and whatever
(I suspect this is largely untrue; this is clearly bad for the politicians and management over the executions, and afaict it has never been politically wise to botch an execution. No faster way to seem incompetent to your ‘law&order’ constituents. Note that inhumane execution methods have been rejected by the courts before, and are a real fast way to get yourself sued.)
Because in those states and among those that support and are involved those executions, the suffering is the whole point, at least to some degree. Anything that makes it more humane lessens the punishment and nobody wants to be seen doing that, because in those minds that means you’re defending murderers and pedo’s and whatever
(I suspect this is largely untrue; this is clearly bad for the politicians and management over the executions, and afaict it has never been politically wise to botch an execution. No faster way to seem incompetent to your ‘law&order’ constituents. Note that inhumane execution methods have been rejected by the courts before, and are a real fast way to get yourself sued.)