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Alabama condemned for nitrogen gas execution: ‘They intended to torture him’ (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca to c/politics

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Smith’s execution by “nitrogen hypoxia” took around 22 minutes, according to media witnesses, who were led into a viewing room at the William C Holman correctional facility in Atmore shortly before 8 pm local time.

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[–] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

we have the ability to render people unconscious first…

The people who have that ability would rightly lose their license if they used that ability to facilitate an execution.

[–] xor@infosec.pub 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

i don't think it's "rightly"
although execution is barbaric and should be outlawed; if you can't stop it, making it more humane is still moral.

[–] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Disagree. It is not and cannot be moral to take any part in an execution.

[–] Swallowtail 4 points 9 months ago

I agree with you. Imagine a country starts rounding up and murdering some ethnic/religious minority. Doctors shouldn't be like "ahh we must help the government kill them in the most humane way possible!" If anything that's enabling it.