Like Kitano's other heroes, he follows the Samurai code -- that a man should choose the correct time and method of his death.

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Edison sent word to the commission that although he would like to see capital punishment abolished altogether, death by electrocution was the most humane method--and AC the preferred current.

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Ms. DAHLIA LITHWICK (Legal Analyst, Slate): That's right, Alex, and 37 of the 38 states that currently have the death penalty, this is their preferred method of execution, but prisoners are complaining that it doesn't work, that it's causing a tremendous amount of pain, more so than was present in death sentences using the electric chair or gas.

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Mr Broughton said his boss, John Eardley, rang him a week after Mr Farr's death to ask him to retrospectively sign a method statement, a risk assessment and a computer-aided drawing of the barrier's construction.

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One trial of 113 patients showed 58% had good brain function after three months, compared with 33% of those treated with the coil method, as well as a lower death rate.

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As there were a significant number of complaints, it concluded that the scenes were in breach of the guidelines on harm and offence as they "exceeded audience expectations for this series as they depicted a sadistic method of inflicting pain, injury and death".

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Both faiths put great emphasis on animal welfare, and adhere to a one-cut method of slaughter, intended to ensure the animal's rapid death.

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