“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.

  • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    The key difference is that you need something to be actively removing the CO2, not just replacing the O2 with nitrogen.
    Suffocation, as in the choking and suffering, is caused by carbon dioxide buildup, not lack of oxygen.

    In humane suicide or confined space accidents, there’s no oxygen but you can freely get rid of CO2. It’s why workers test before going into sewer pipes and wear safety harnesses and sensors, and setup ventilation hoses. Without them they wouldn’t even notice they were dying until they got loopy and fell over.