‘Astonishingly cruel’: Alabama seeks to test execution method on death row ‘guinea pig’ - eviltoast

Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen

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    1 year ago

    I’d take a firing squad or an enormous hydraulic press tbh. If I were to be an innocent stuck with a death penalty I’d be happy to know somebody will have to clean up a messy pile of guts after my quick death.

    The whole point of using gas or chemicals for the death isnt to make the punishment humane - the death penalty is not humane in any way - its to make it easier on the people doing the killing. No mess, no fuss.

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        1 year ago

        Is there a citation on the necessity of citations? Surely someone in the academic world has written such a work, if not several.

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          The whole point of using gas or chemicals for the death isnt to make the punishment humane - the death penalty is not humane in any way - its to make it easier on the people doing the killing. No mess, no fuss.

          If you are purporting this to be fact, yes, it requires proof. Of this is just your opinion, fine, but your opinion of the motives of others doesn’t carry much weight.

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                I’m sorry, I’m intending to be kinda silly, but also honestly curious, bc I’ve been in academia.

                My original remark had nothing to do with the greater context of this thread and discussion. It was specifically to your “needs citation” comment.

                You’re claiming that the other person should include a citation, declaring the fact that there should be a citation.

                I’m saying, do you have a citation of a study or logical proof or something that objectively claims that statements of fact should be accompanied by a citation of said fact.