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Alabama completes first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation
(www.reuters.com)
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Yea but it's still better than the 'lets paralyze you so we feel humane and have your veins be lava for 12 hours as you disintegrate' evolved option we use.
I'm right there with you though, how the fuck is it that we don't just put people under like before surgery, and then cut off their access to oxygen? Or a quick gunshot, or a shot with that cattle killing gun? The whole thing is so fucking stupid to me
I'm against the death penalty personally, but the whole thing is so unbelievably absurd to me.
Also, obligatory ayyyy Alabama represent, we made BBC News again
You need meds for that, and a qualified anesthesiologist.
And for anyone who doesn't put the dots together: a doctor cannot intentionally kill someone. It is the most profound ethics violation everywhere I am aware.
Even in places where there is medical euthanasia, the person must do it to themselves by e.g., pushing a button and someone who is incompetent to do so is ineligible for that euthanasia.
I'm sure there are shady places where this isn't the rule. But those same places, I suspect, are a lot more practical about execution than all this pseudo-humane "medical execution" crapola.
I think the best way to go, besides snu-snu (nothing will top that method), is to IV enough carfentanil to kill an entire city into the person. Even those with massive opioid tolerances can't withstand a dose like that. It's why the fentanyl epidemic was so deadly here.
I'd go for the nitrogen thing, plus a massive dose of mushrooms just to set the mood.
Makes sense to me (in a world where we're doing the death penalty. I'm against it, it's just a 'if you're gonna do it, what the hell are y'all doing it that way for').
Someone rocked my world by pointing out they can't get doctors involved because of their oaths, which I guess makes sense. But its also still another unbelievably absurd element of this