Assertion: firing squad | /r/HasProperty | cruel
Facets:
value: in a modern society
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: But over the years, the public has largely decided that firing squad is cruel in a modern society that has the tools to put inmates to sleep, which often appears painless.
text: Is execution by a firing squad cruel and unusual punishment?
text: The firing squad, in particular, is cruel, he said.
text: The U.S. Supreme Court has only once heard the case that the firing squad is cruel and unusual, and in that case, Wilkerson v. Utah (1878), the Court found that the firing squad did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.