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Is the death penalty painful?
Hmm. Let’s think about this for a minute. Let’s suppose that someone has been convicted of a really violent crime, maybe killing an innocent person or some other similarly terrible thing. In that case, would it be OK for them to experience a little pain, before their execution?
If you mean, do people who are put to death experience any pain during the execution, then the answer is yes.  There are a few different execution methods used in different countries, some involving an injection and others involving a lethal gas or a firing squad, but whichever method is used, it’s clear that someone who dies in this way will experience some level of pain.  The risk of this type of suffering is one of the reasons some countries have chosen to abolish the death penalty.