# Arizona to use Zyklon B to kill prisoners

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 3, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-to-use-zyklon-b-to-kill-prisoners/943561 "2021-06-03T19:11:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-to-use-zyklon-b-to-kill-prisoners/943561/161 "2021-06-07T19:30:21Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> Decapitation by guillotine and long-drop hanging are both quick and essentially painless, but because they look gruesome they’re viewed as unacceptable.

I always thought the guillotine was dropped (haha) because concerns that the decapitated head remained conscious a few seconds after. Even the master, **Cecil Adams** , has admitted that it may be possible.

> **[Do decapitated heads briefly remain conscious?](https://www.straightdope.com/21341383/do-decapitated-heads-briefly-remain-conscious)**

> **[Does the head remain briefly conscious after decapitation (revisited)?](https://www.straightdope.com/21342318/does-the-head-remain-briefly-conscious-after-decapitation-revisited)**

> "One can of course never be certain that anyone in this predicament is aware of his surroundings and realizes (briefly) what has happened to him. But I concede the possibility that he might.
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> Cecil Adams"

~Max

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