Condemned South Carolina man chooses to die by firing squad
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Brad Sigmon chose bullets over lethal injection or the electric chair, "which would burn and cook him alive," his attorney said.
  • Stern
    7•7 hours ago

    I had heard anecdotes of the head surviving for several seconds before death in that case. The aesthetic is top tier though.

    • ChainweaselEnglish
      22•6 hours ago

      I have a hard time believing those stories though.
      If a sudden blood pressure drop is enough to make someone fall unconscious immediately with blood still flowing to the brain, then a full blood pressure drop with no blood flowing to the brain should have the same effect.
      If I had to guess, eye and mouth movements are probably from the nerves going crazy after being severed at the brain stem.