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-square76fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1233arrow-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-square76fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-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-up0arrow-down1·8 months agoThe whole idea of it, and the process, and the people who scheme to support it… is absolutely ghoulish.
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.