Witnesses watched through a window at an Alabama prison as Kenneth Eugene Smith became the nation's first person to be put to death using nitrogen gas.
    • UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev
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      9 months ago

      Never? All the executions that happened from the Nuremberg trials were wrong then?

      I’m personally not shedding a tear for Quisling, nor would I have shed one if Anders Breivik had shared his fate.

      • rhacer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Never.

        Emotionally I agree with you regarding Nuremberg, and Breivik, (and while I know that Quisling is synonymous with traitor I don’t actually know that but if history, so can’t agree or disagree).

        The state should not be involved in murder.

  • bleistift2@feddit.deEnglish
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    10 months ago

    For fuck’s sake. Are you telling me Americans, of all people Americans, are now too stupid to kill?

    What’s with these crazy new execution methods? Just shoot the guy. It’s not like you didn’t have a hundred thousand cops trained to kill on sight.

  • Landmammals@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    There’s nothing described here that is inconsistent with “he held his breath as long as possible”.

    That is the major flaw with this method of execution. The person can choose to hold their breath and be absolutely miserable for several minutes before they involuntarily breathe in the nitrogen.