Posted on 11/02/2023 4:33:26 PM PDT by Libloather
Alabama's Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the state to execute an inmate using nitrogen gas.
The state's attorney general’s request for an execution warrant for Kenneth Eugene Smith was granted in a 6-2 decision by an all-Republican court.
Last year, the Alabama Department of Corrections called off the execution of Smith when the people responsible for connecting two intravenous lines to him for lethal injection could not do so.
While the ruling moves the state closer to becoming the first to attempt execution with nitrogen gas, there is likely to be additional legal dispute on the matter. Alabama joins Oklahoma and Mississippi with authorization to use nitrogen hypoxia as a form of execution, although no state has yet attempted to use it.
Smith was one of two men convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett in Alabama's Colbert County.
"Elizabeth Sennett's family has waited an unconscionable 35 years to see justice served. Today, the Alabama Supreme Court cleared the way for Kenneth Eugene Smith to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia," Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall wrote. "Though the wait has been far too long, I am grateful that our capital litigators have nearly gotten this case to the finish line."
Smith's legal team had urged the court to reject the execution request. They also previously accused the state of trying to move Smith to "the front of the line" for a nitrogen execution in order to moot Smith’s lawsuit challenging lethal injection procedures.
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Stand by for the 15 year battle in the Federal courts.
I just got Winchester 40gr .22LR for 7.8 cents/round.
They [His legal team] probably have a wife they want him to murder. Which he is good at. He could use a little more practice at not getting caught.
Replace the oxygen with helium with his face uncovered. Leave him alone in the chamber screaming for mercy in a high pitched voice. Make it a pay per view. Fun for the whole family!!
Replace the oxygen with helium with his face uncovered. Leave him alone in the chamber screaming for mercy in a high pitched voice. Make it a pay per view. Fun for the whole family!!
Should be a peaceful way to go.
A firing squad makes good target practice though.
And forget that “only one gun with a real bullet so they don’t know who did it” crap.
Few feet of plastic wrap, no gas needed
It’s already been 35 years…..astonishing .
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I know they use Carbon Monoxide in packaged meat.
What’s the advantage of N over CO in executions?
Nitrogen doesn’t expand and contract like air does with changes in temperature which means the tire pressure doesn’t change with the temperature
It’s not like there’s any shortage of that. Give him a hotshot.
Actually it will be much more tolerable than any other way, especially if they do any kind of sedation first.
For most people it makes zero difference. The air has about 80% nitrogen in it by default.
It’s used on jet liner tires.
—” which means the tire pressure doesn’t change with the temperature”
Kind of sort of, but not exactly.
If you are using clean DRY air like used for SCUBA, nitrogen expands almost exactly the same as air for the temperature tires might be operating at ~ -30F to 240F.
No gearhead I know has a tire gauge accurate enough to see a difference.
NB: Most tire gauges are junk.
Biologically yes. BUT the body does sense concentrations of other gasses and will react. The body senses increases in Co2 and will create a stress reaction. Probably not a good choice for execution (opinions of FR aside).
The body does not sense the absence of O2 and will not react to the resulting suffocation. Inspectors of cargo ships have died almost instantly inspecting the hold of the ship carrying scrap steel. The rusting steel removed all the oxygen. Inspectors never knew what hit them.
Gas is much better.
“Is Nitrogen really good for tires?”
Tires are designed to use regular air.
I thought it was only one gun with a blank.
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