Sentence examples for as more humane from inspiring English sources

The United States Supreme Court has not ruled on the constitutionality of electrocution since 1890, when it upheld its use as more humane than hanging.

Pressure from animal rights activists has led many of the biggest food companies in the country to commit to what are being described as more humane alternatives.

It is widely seen as more humane than the alternatives, but numerous cases have been reported in which drugs have been injected incorrectly, causing severe pain and gasping for minutes or more.

Their raw portrayal of creased flesh and bony joints in one celebrated picture posed against an uncooked leg of lamb will strike many viewers as more humane than the famously brutal nudes of Bacon or Freud.Spencer's personal life (the subject of "Stanley", an excellent 1996 play by Pam Gems) was far from straightforward.

Live games from 13 time zones away in South Korea and Japan is no way to build a new audience of casual soccer fans for ESPN and ESPN2, as more humane hours did during the 1994 and 1998 World Cups from the United States and France, respectively.

If a politician proposes a government program to help the poor, anyone opposing it is seen as “uncaring.” Despite the hugely successful presidency of Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, following the economic catastrophes of the 1970s, big government believers were still seen as more humane and caring than were free market conservatives.

Environmentalists and scientists have been promoting the idea of large sea pens -- areas of the ocean, such as large coves, netted off from the ocean -- as a more humane and ecologically sound alternative to the current small concrete tanks that orcas and other cetaceans now live in, working every day to earn their food.

Like many Iraqis, Mr. Ibrahim sees Mr. Obama favorably, describing him as "much more humane than Bush or McCain".

This may be due to the fact that the Dutch seem to regard euthanasia as the more humane option, since it ensures that death will come more swiftly.

It was Chunee's demise that prompted the creation of London zoo, as a more humane way to keep captive animals.

In "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" (1933), a warlord on the make casually orders the execution of his captives, then justifies it to his comely American guest as a more humane solution than letting them die of starvation in prison.