Kenneth Smith ‘struggled for life’ for 22 minutes in nitrogen gas execution: Updates
www.independent.co.uk
Witness Reverend Jeff Hood told reporters he saw a man ‘struggling for their life’ for 22 minutes as Smith became the first US death row inmate executed by nitrogen asphyxia

“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.

  • bedrooms@kbin.social
    92·
    1 year ago

    Smith’s death came after the US Supreme Court denied a final, 11th-hour bid to stay of execution. The ruling received dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor who wrote that the state had selected Smith as a “guinea pig” by using the untested method.

    • some_guyOP
      12·
      1 year ago

      Because it’s ok to use a human as a “guinea pig”.

    • FaceDeer@kbin.social
      13·
      1 year ago

      I guess they should have killed a random selection of people with nitrogen first, so that it wouldn’t be an “untested” method.