Alabama wants to be the 1st state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe only nitrogen

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Alabama wants to be the 1st state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe only nitrogen
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Also it costs a fuckton to prosecute and in many ways is any easy way out. What, you're giving the guy who shot 3 kids and then tried to shoot himself the death penalty?

Life in prison, where the food is just enough to not starve, the healthcare just enough to continue your suffering, where you're surrounded 24/7 by the worst of humanity is about as close to hell as we know exists. Just put people in there.

I know it might be a fine line, but there's a difference between punishment and torture.

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