Joshua Haymes
ON THE RECORD · 7 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“death by a public firing squad wherein the accuser and witnesses partake in the firing”
Joshua Haymes · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-15
The Guardian reported in August 2025 that Haymes had proposed death by public firing squad with accusers and witnesses participating.
“fall to the floor”
Joshua Haymes · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-15
Haymes claimed that reinstituting public executions would cause the number of killings in high-density Black areas to fall to the floor.
“Hang them in the streets. And I mean that. We need to bring back public executions.”
Joshua Haymes · said 2026-03-28 · reported 2026-10-15
Haymes said on a podcast episode that pornography producers should be hanged and public executions brought back.
“would stop short of capital punishment”
Joshua Haymes · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-15
Haymes said in an email that he would stop short of capital punishment for pornographers other than child pornographers.
“I do believe that child pornographers (those who produce and distribute child pornography) should be executed”
Joshua Haymes · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-15
Haymes said in an email that he believes child pornographers should be executed.
“Right now, over 50% of homicides in America are committed by around 6% of the population. That is an astoundingly devastating statistic. And most of the violent crime is being done by a small subset of black Americans who are continually reoffending.”
Joshua Haymes · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-15
Haymes wrote in an email about crime statistics he attributed to a small subset of Black Americans.
“if we would just reinstitute public executions”
Joshua Haymes · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-15
Haymes said in a podcast episode uploaded the prior week that reinstituting public executions would reduce killings in high-density Black areas.