BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 8 months agoAlabama inmate executed with nitrogen gas was ‘shaking violently’ for 22 minutes, witnesses saywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1234arrow-down1external-linkAlabama inmate executed with nitrogen gas was ‘shaking violently’ for 22 minutes, witnesses saywww.theguardian.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square77fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarethatsTheCatch@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·edit-28 months agoJust 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.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·8 months agoNitrogen 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.
minus-squareshiveyarbles@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·8 months agoThe whole idea of it, and the process, and the people who scheme to support it… is absolutely ghoulish.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoThe death penalty, or using nitrogen to do it?
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?