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Alabama Has a Horrible New Way of Killing People on Death Row
The New York Times ^ | September 18, 2023 | By Bernard E. Harcourt

Posted on 09/18/2023 9:12:00 AM PDT by aculeus

After botching a series of executions by lethal injection, the State of Alabama is planning to use nitrogen gas to put condemned prisoners to death. The first execution will amount to a human experiment, because neither Alabama nor any other state has ever tried to kill people this way.

Late last month, prison guards distributed the state’s new execution protocol to prisoners in solitary confinement on Alabama’s death row. One hundred and sixty men and five women await execution in Alabama. They would be secured to a gurney, their nose and mouth would be covered by a mask, and nitrogen would be pumped into their lungs until they suffocate.

Alabama is seeking to conduct the first such experiment on Kenneth Eugene Smith, who already survived a botched execution. Last November, Mr. Smith spent hours strapped to a lethal-injection gurney as the execution team needled around in several locations to insert two intravenous lines without success, before calling off the execution

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; botchedexecution; crime; deathrow; execution; firingsquad; good; hanghim; kennetheugenesmith; killemall; nitrogen; nyslimes
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To: rktman
"Not quite sure how a lethal injection can be bungled. Any time I’ve had major surgery I could have been gone and never known it."

I recall an outpatient surgery I had in my 30's. The stuff they gave me intravenously before they gave me the stuff that conked me out made me feel REAL good... like a wonderful floaty high. I didn't care 'what' they were going to do.

Seems to me that if these guys were really that concerned about humanely executing prisoners... they would use this method of rendering them unconscious and then inject the killing solution into their veins. The prisoner would first feel a real good high and then nothing.

But we know that the left's "inhumane" whines are all BS, like everything else they whine and lie about and spew. They don't like the idea of Lady Justice killing off more of their supporters. Most prisoners lean Democrat. It's all (always) about the rats protecting "their own".


Jail survey: 7 in 10 felons register as Democrats

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jail-survey-7-in-10-felons-register-as-democrats

41 posted on 09/18/2023 9:28:08 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: aculeus
"Experiment" -- what a load of crap. Lots of pilots and some passengers have passed out and died from anoxia (see "Payne Steward").
Hypoxia is a potentially deadly condition that can occur in aviation (or in Alabama). Hypoxia can occur during flight at high altitudes and can affect pilots and passengers alike. There are four types of hypoxia, each with its own unique cause. Hypoxic Hypoxia occurs when a lack of oxygen is available to the body. This can happen when there is a decrease in the partial pressure of oxygen at high altitudes.

The signs and symptoms of hypoxia can vary from person to person, but some common ones include the following:

Many people’s first symptom is a feeling of euphoria that gives them a false sense of security.
So the bastard will be sent off in a euphoric state -- funny how the article does not mention that. It would be far better for him to face a firing squad and soil his skivvies.
42 posted on 09/18/2023 9:28:20 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: Leaning Right

I’d say firing squad.

Simple cheap effective.
Set up a bunch of rifles in rests.

Let victims/ families pull cords for the triggers. One rifle contains a blank. So, there will be a question as to who did/ did not kill the perp.


43 posted on 09/18/2023 9:28:28 AM PDT by uranium penguin
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To: aculeus

Is it more or less horrible than ruining people’s lives because of their political beliefs, holding them without due process and denyibg them fair trials in kangaroo court then sentencing them to years in prison for tresspassing? Because the federal government has been in that business recently.


44 posted on 09/18/2023 9:28:31 AM PDT by jz638
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To: aculeus

Ok, I’m not getting something here. Sadly, a number of times, due to terminal illness or old age (losing their back legs) I had several of my dogs euthanized. Prior to the fatal injection, they were given a sedative (by injection). The process was peaceful of them and for me and my husband. Why is this so difficult when it comes to humans? I just don’t get it.


45 posted on 09/18/2023 9:28:35 AM PDT by NeverTyranny
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To: aculeus
That ain't nothin'.

"North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un's executions: anti-aircraft guns, flamethrowers, mortars."

north-korea-dictator-kim-jong-uns-executions-anti-aircraft-guns-flamethrowers-mortars

46 posted on 09/18/2023 9:28:57 AM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: aculeus

Use helium instead. Their last words will always make you laugh ;-)


47 posted on 09/18/2023 9:29:43 AM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: aculeus

If the idea of execution is to serve as a deterrent to make other, potential, criminals to stop and think before they do something stupid, why the attempt to make the execution “more comfy”? After all, they’re going to be dead in a few minutes anyway. If you really want to deter someone, make the penalty as horrific as possible...make it a teachable moment that is going to give people pause.


48 posted on 09/18/2023 9:30:23 AM PDT by econjack
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To: aculeus

Just shoot ‘em...Get it over with....


49 posted on 09/18/2023 9:31:20 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: aculeus

What about old sparky? Mayne even use wind power?


50 posted on 09/18/2023 9:33:23 AM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Rock paper scissors.


51 posted on 09/18/2023 9:33:56 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: aculeus

Gender of defendants on death row
See also: List of women on death row in the United States
Male: 2,281 (97.85%)
Female: 50 (2.15%)[1]
Comparatively, 50.8% of the U.S. population is female, and 49.2% is male (USCB 2018).

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Here’s a way to handle capital murder sentencing going forward:

Ship all such prisoners to a South Sea Island. Currently there are 2,331 of them with 50 of them being female.

Leave tools such as shovels, rakes, hammers etc

Fly over once a month and drop food and meds.

Some would try escaping and sharks would get them. Some of the rest would starve due to not being willing to work in vegetable gardens.

Others would be killed fighting over the 50 women. Some of the women would be killed fighting over the remaining women.

Billions would be saved on prisons and prison guards. Apply that to the national debt.


52 posted on 09/18/2023 9:34:05 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: rktman

A lethal injection can be bungled if the Doctor cannot find a good vein. Many of these people have damaged veins from when they used to inject recreational drugs.


53 posted on 09/18/2023 9:34:40 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: aculeus

The easiest of execution methods to go by.

To improve the experience, maybe they can include the scent of baking cookies.


54 posted on 09/18/2023 9:35:41 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: aculeus
Bring back the public razor.


55 posted on 09/18/2023 9:36:43 AM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: matt04

Rope works
also fast moving chunks of lead...


56 posted on 09/18/2023 9:39:35 AM PDT by skinny old man (Still lurking and posting after all these years(27 yrs ?)(more ?)(seems like more...))
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To: HYPOCRACY

If that doesn’t work, feed them to the Iron Maiden.


57 posted on 09/18/2023 9:40:05 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: aculeus

As usual, the new York slimes is full of crap.

Completely humane.


58 posted on 09/18/2023 9:41:11 AM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas, enjoy the decline)
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To: aculeus

Horrible? Wouldn’t you pass out before you suffocate?


59 posted on 09/18/2023 9:41:16 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: aculeus

Just isolate the entire Death Row wing of the prisons, both men and women, and pump in nitrogen? get rid of all of them at once.


60 posted on 09/18/2023 9:42:17 AM PDT by shotgun
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