As a reminder, firing squads have by far the lowest botch rates of any execution method
Lethal gas and lethal injections, which feel most "humane," are the worst https://t.co/61FXFnq2Oy pic.twitter.com/SdRM6u82Jr
— Allie (@allie__voss) October 24, 2025
Nope. Bad stats.
With zero events in a sample size of only 34 for firing squad, the 95% exact upper bound for the true botch rate is like 10%. If even one firing squad execution had been botched, the rate would jump to 2.9%, for two it’d 5.9% and three duds would bump it all the way up to 8.8%. There just ain’t enough data there to conclude it’s a “best method.”
Fail, fail, fail.