Alabama inmate executed with nitrogen gas was ‘shaking violently’ for 22 minutes, witnesses say
Alabama inmate executed with nitrogen gas was ‘shaking violently’ for 22 minutes, witnesses say
State executes Kenneth Smith with untested procedure that lawyers had argued amounted to cruel and unusual punishment
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Just going to, uh, leave this here...
Jacob Geller - The False Evolution of Execution Methods (YouTube)
A little documentary on how execution methods have changed over time and how they haven't necessarily gotten more humane like we'd assume they would.
Nitrogen hypoxia is humane for the person dying (if done right), just maybe not for the spectators. You just lose consciousness and never wake up.
They fucked up by using a mask instead of a chamber.
The whole idea of it, and the process, and the people who scheme to support it.. is absolutely ghoulish.
The death penalty, or using nitrogen to do it?