Part 2 of 5 - How to Kill a Human Being - BBC Horizon

Former Conservative MP, Michael Portillo pushes his body to the brink of death in an investigation into the science of execution.

As the American Supreme Court examines whether the lethal injection is causing prisoners to die in unnecessary pain Michael sets out to find a solution which is fundamentally humane. To do so he examines the key methods of execution available today: he discovers why convicts can catch on fire in the electric chair, learns how easy it is to botch a hanging and inhales a noxious gas to experience first hand the terror of the gas chamber.

Armed with some startling evidence Michael considers a completely new approach. Will it be the answer? There is only one way of finding out - to experience it himself.

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Science & Technology

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• Kill
• Human
• noxious
• gas
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• lethal
• injection
• science
• of
• execution

[coffeetablesex]

7:26 - google auto spellcheck win

[Chaingangsoldiernit]

@sdflksdfkfh really???? even non guilty ones? fucker

[pancakes3ful]

living is the greatest punisement execution is more for the people to be scared of the goverment and other people. There dead after so the pain not a big deal

[LeHuyAnh]

@soguuud It's 'cause either you or someone else watching this doc. was also recently checking out her vids. So "video suggestions" appear based on recent views or "tendencies". In any case, it's just Youtube stalking ppl and making assumptions. It's just as bad with Facebook ads.

[DurexDurpaneu2]

bbq!

[Metalmanmania357]

@The Chunky Kong The view through the eyes of a bodiless head......probably would give you a rather unique perspective on the world indeed.

[TheChunkyKong]

@brenan6 Humane? you know that when right before your head is cut off... You can actually feel the blade cutting through all the nerves in your neck and cutting through your jugular. Not only that... But only the thought that your about to die... Is pretty fucking nerve recking... And when your head is chopped off... You don't instantly die, Believe it or not you can actually see for about 10 to 20 seconds before your actually "DEAD"...

[brenan6]

whats wrong with decapitation? that seems pretty quick and humane to me.

[10rosegarden14]

They care about if the criminals that's going to be executed will suffer, but did the criminals cared about the poor victims that they have raped and cold-bloodedly murdered? That's not fair.

[soguuud]

How does "killing a human being" lead to JennaMarbles in the suggestion box?

[Woolfrey]

@EpicViolinGuy

That's the same thing I was thinking. They're trying to be scientific and yet they overlook *the* most important factor behind electrocution.