Kenneth Smith ‘struggled for life’ for 22 minutes in Alabama nitrogen gas execution: Updates
independent.co.uk
“Kenny just began to gasp for air repeatedly and the execution took about 25 minutes total.”
Pretty compassionate way to kill a person.
Once again, the Law in the south is brutal.
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Reuters mentions the execution used a facial mask connected to a tank of nitrogen.
So yeah... No CO2 removal and probably not a perfect seal against outside atmosphere. This is a pretty half-assed implementation.
Half-assed executions are pretty on brand for Alabama. Apparently their last 3 attempts before this made the list.
Who, with sufficient expertise, is willing to participate in creating this? Maybe they're out there, but I think this incompetence is perhaps the best they could find.
Tragic on many levels.
To me it sounds like they read the old 4chan guides on how to kill yourself with a mask hooked up to a compressed air tank for filling balloons. It wouldn't surprise me.