In Favor of Torture

[Cainkane1]

Is a child rapist murderer one who murders child rapists, or...
and why piano wire, specifically?

It strangles and slowly decapitates the murderer at the same time.

 

[Bikewer]

It was said that Hitler specified piano-wire hanging for the survivors of the cabal/bomb plot against him. He reputedly filmed the executions for future viewing....

"piano wire" is nothing special, the industry calls it "music wire". It's just a finished, high-tensile strength steel wire in a variety of gauges. Popularly used for garrotes, as well.

 

[quarky]

There is some mounting evidence that psychopaths are insane, and that their signature lack of empathy can be traced to brain anomolies.

So, one reason to keep the Ted Bundys alive would be to study their brain activity.

 

[shuttlt]

What has fair got to do with it? If my son was murdered, I'm not sure that anything could be done to make it seem fair.

A minor point, but in this brave new world of state sponsored revenge, what would happen if it transpired that somebody had been wrongly convicted? Would they be entitled to some kind of justice? How would you make it fair for them?