m-p{3}@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAlabama completes first execution by nitrogen asphyxiationwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square182fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down18
arrow-up1162arrow-down1external-linkAlabama completes first execution by nitrogen asphyxiationwww.reuters.comm-p{3}@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square182fedilink
minus-squareLandmammals@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoI did read the article. He was holding his breath and shaking around. Death by nitrogen hypoxia isn’t something we invented for executions. I don’t know why news articles are pretending that it’s this brand new untested method of killing people.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year ago He was holding his breath and shaking around. Which kind of shows it isn’t all that humane, doesn’t it? He was desperately trying to cling to life.
minus-squareLandmammals@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI mean, there’s nothing humane about killing someone who knows what’s happening and doesn’t want to die. If my life were ever going to be ended in an intentional manner, this is the method I would choose.
I did read the article. He was holding his breath and shaking around.
Death by nitrogen hypoxia isn’t something we invented for executions. I don’t know why news articles are pretending that it’s this brand new untested method of killing people.
Which kind of shows it isn’t all that humane, doesn’t it? He was desperately trying to cling to life.
I mean, there’s nothing humane about killing someone who knows what’s happening and doesn’t want to die.
If my life were ever going to be ended in an intentional manner, this is the method I would choose.