The first time the State of Alabama tried to kill Kenneth Eugene Smith, he was strapped to the death gurney for four agonizing hours, while lawyers for the state scrambled to overturn a federal appeals court injunction that had halted the planned execution earlier in the day on the grounds that Alabama’s method of execution might violate Smith’s rights against cruel and unusual punishment.
  • Mr. Semi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Nitrogen hypoxia is an especially ghoulish method of death

    Stopped reading there. Absolute bullshit, if I had to choose a way to go that would be it. There’s no more peaceful way to die except by a surprise bullet to the back of the brain.

    I wish that had been an option for my cat.

    I should have stopped reading when the author brought up the Nazis. You know the Nazis drank water and breathed air too, guess we should all stop doing that too.