Comment on Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith executed with nitrogen gas, marking the emergence of a wholly new method of capital punishment | CNN

• PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I suppose that’s why the Supreme has never invalided a state’s chosen procedure, from fire squads, electrocution, to mechanical failures that screw up the first attempt.

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I just find the whole debate strange. Nitrogen gas should he fairly painless. Shooting someone is fairly painless as well. Most methods are more psychological painful than physically painful.

    I just think the debate should be why are we executing people especially when most the time it’s 30 years later.

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    • thepreciousboar@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Reportedly, he appeared to have suffered, and nitrogen ipoxia can be painless but can also be fairly painful in some cases

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      • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I don’t care if they “suffer”. They are being killed. To me that’s the silliness of it. We want it to look peaceful when we are killing someone.

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