# Pain During Executions?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pain-during-executions/530646>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 27, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pain-during-executions/530646 "2010-02-27T14:27:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 4

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pain-during-executions/530646/61 "2010-03-06T03:43:27Z")

</div>

> [@Lobohan](#):
>
> So I’m guessing you never heard about that correlation doesn’t equal causation thing?

In most ways the Singaporean justice system resembles the West-the main difference is the use of physical punishment.

> [@SteveG1](#):
>
> heh heh
> 
> Wouldn’t random selection blow the hell out of our concept of “equal treatment before the law” or whatever the phrase is? Wouldn’t it also wreck the concept of cruel and unusual punishment? Particularly the unusual part?

I meant we’d let individual jurisdictions decide.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pain-during-executions/530646.md?page=3)