US Government Carries Out First Firing Squad Execution In 15 Years

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Globally, the push to abolish the death penalty has gained momentum, with human rights organizations calling for an end to state-sanctioned killings.
44% : Sigmon had been given the choice between lethal injection, the electric chair, or the firing squad.
33% : He further criticised the execution methods available in the state, stating that the electric chair "would burn and cook him alive," while lethal injection carried the risk of a prolonged, torturous death, as seen in previous cases.
30% : Alabama has carried out four executions using nitrogen gas, a practice widely condemned by human rights groups and the United Nations as cruel and inhumane.
27% : Amnesty International and the United Nations have repeatedly urged the U.S. to abandon capital punishment, describing it as outdated, brutal, and irreversible in cases of wrongful convictions.

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