What happened at the nation's first nitrogen gas execution: An AP eyewitness account
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ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — As witnesses including five news reporters watched through a window, Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to die in the 1988 murder-for hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett, convulsed on a gurney as Alabama carried out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas.
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Yeah. Considering how they've botched previous executions, this f feels intentional.
Doesn't have to be. All these "medical" execution methods are necessarily done by amateurs, because no one who has the proper education can or will use it to kill people.
I disagree. There are plenty of medical professionals who would. There are all sorts of people in every field. Working as a medical professional does not exclude those who support executions.
Most licensed doctors literally swear an oath to use their craft only to heal people:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath#Modern_versions_and_relevance