Look at this graph of U.S. execution methods since 1776
From here, and kind of nuts: as you can see below, there are essentially five methods by which the United States has ever killed someone (in an execution sense, at least):
Hanging
Firing Squad
Electrocution
Gas Chamber
Lethal Injection
Regardless of where you lie on the "We should execute people" continuum, you can probably argue that hanging, firing squad, …
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