Another Banger from Jacob Geller-

The purpose of execution is not to provide a quick and humane death to an unwilling criminal in order to make society a better place, nor is it to simply punish a criminal for doing wrong. Firstly, because it is NOT a humane death, -the lethal injection is among the slowest and most painful deaths one can experience when it messes up 7% of the time- and secondly, because a public execution serves another purpose. It is clear in the hearts and minds of every onlooker that state-sponsored execution is a display of power and control. The law places a gallows in front of its citizens and chokes one of them to death to demonstrate the consequences of defying the state’s authority. They establish that you live to serve the state, not the other way around. <a href="https://medium.com/@jaredbashaw1/another-banger-from-jacob-geller-c74325bb045e">Website</a>