Was it to make the prisoner more docile or for the benefit of the firing sauad themselves?
(I know this is morbid, sorry. Research for a novel.)
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Mostly the firing squad.
Take it like this: Execution in general is not about the prisoners or the good of society. It’s about humiliation. You’re putting someone down like a dog to send a message to others.
Problem Though: It is a freaking traumatic experience to see someone die. Much worse if you can look into their eyes. It’s a lot easier to stomach seeing a bullet drive into a “sack of meat” than it is to see it go into a person.
That’s why hooding prisoners is basically a constant in public executions going back centuries, even with things like Electrocutions or Hangings where the executioner is behind the prisoner; You wanna send a message to others by word of mouth, not traumatize the 40 people in attendance.
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