Interesting article with an interview of the preacher’s wife’s son. Seems that this Smith guy is a trickster when it comes to the death penalty. I bet he DID practice holding his breath and jerking around in an attempt to have them stop it.
In 2022 he was supposed to be given a lethal injection, but he got himself so dehydrated (on purpose) that they couldn’t find a vein to give it to him!
I was curious as to what happened to the preacher. He killed himself shortly after his wife was killed. He had a previous breakdown, was put on meds, came off the meds and that’s when he came up with the idea to have his wife killed.
I agree. If the jackass held his breath that’s on him. In the old days, if someone in the gas chamber held their breath, that just meant the eventual breath would be deeper.
Also, when workers are overcome with nitrogen, they fall unconscious right away, without enough warning to even get out of that space.
The murderer likely tried to make it as dramatic as he could.