“Kenny just began to gasp for air repeatedly and the execution took about 25 minutes total.”
Pretty compassionate way to kill a person.
Once again, the Law in the south is brutal.
“Kenny just began to gasp for air repeatedly and the execution took about 25 minutes total.”
Pretty compassionate way to kill a person.
Once again, the Law in the south is brutal.
Where’s all the people that said we “do actually know what it does to people and it’s painless” now?
The difference between a model and reality is often in the implementation. Clearly, this person had access to oxygen for 22 minutes after the execution started, which is a problem if you goal is to suffocate someone quickly. He was also suffering, which is possibly an indication that CO2 levels were too high, which would be another problem. It could also just be due to stress, which is unavoidable in an execution. Seizures near the time of death are also likely.
Ultimately, inert gas asphyxiation, if done correctly, is still probably the most humane means of execution, except for a large caliber bullet to the brain, which is very messy.
These issues are all secondary to the question of whether capital punishment should ever be used. I’ve stated my beliefs on that before. In short, it should never be done but if you’re going to do it, it should be as humane as possible.
There are plenty of humane ways to kill when drugs/sedatives are involved.
In my opinion, the real issue is people won’t be satisfied with someone feeling high or relaxed or whatever before dying (if their death was supposed to be a punishment). But those same people also don’t want suffering…? It’s very confusing to me.
Captive bolt would be just as lethal as a bullet, and less messy. They’re designed not to make a mess ever since BSE, you don’t want to get brains everywhere. Yes that sounds grisly but I run a ranch, it’s something we have to talk about.
They could use a custom designed unit, but if the ones we use can drop a full grown bull, I suspect they would be adequate.
A small and fast bullet like .22 Magnum is also extremely effective and leaves no mark except a tiny clean hole, at least on livestock. But they have different skulls from humans. I’m sure those ballistic gel guys could come up with the optimum bullet and load.
I’ll admit it. I’m one of them.
The report is in direct conflict with what I’ve seen and heard in the past about this method. It’s impossible to find right now on Google, but there was a documentary where someone subjects themselves to this method and it was the complete opposite of what’s being reported now.
I’m against the death penalty, btw, but if it has to be done, I believed this method was the most humane. I have to ask if it was 100% nitrogen or did they do what the justice system always does and run it through hundreds of iterations to actually make it worse, like 50% air, 50% nitrogen or something like that.
We are here, learn to read. They did it wrong, just like they usually botch every single form of execution because cruelty is the point. Thus, stop all execution and remove the dead penalty.