I knew this was going to happen. I said this on a thread from several months ago. It’s a painful way to die. Whatever idiot doctor said it was going to be quick and painless should have his license taken away. I am not debating whether it should have been painless or (per his crime) painful - that’s a separate discussion. But executing by nitrogen is in fact painful because it will trigger the gasp reflex. Lack of oxygen triggers the respiratory system to breathe deeper — or gasp, which only becomes more and more violent with time until the person passes out from hypoxia.
That is not correct. The gasp reflex is caused by buildup of carbon dioxide in the blood. Breathing an inert gas such as pure nitrogen doesn't have that effect.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0379073819302865.
didnt post this for your benifit. I did it for the newbies who don't know your a moron and your posts are moronic.
check osha for more deaths by N2 and you will find they all dropped without a struggle.
WRONG!
Failed biology, did we? It's not lack of O2, it's the build-up of CO2. If you're breathing any inert gas -- say, nitrogen, or helium -- the CO2 gets flushed and there's no build-up, hence no urge to breathe. And since inert gasses by their nature are non-reactive, there are no unpleasant side-effects.
They've been using helium for assisted suicides for years, and if that produced any discomfort, we'd have heard about it long ago. When if fact we've heard the exact opposite. The fall asleep peacefully.
All Alabama did was substitute inert nitrogen for inert helium.
You have no idea what you are talking about. Death by nitrogen causes a person to pass out and never wake up. It is a silent killer. There is no pain and no expectations and no gasping for air , just out like a light, the end.
That’s why I’m a proponent of a .45ACP round to the brain pan for the death penalty. Quick, easy, it’s over very quickly and it only costs about .50 cents.