• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    So before people freak out too much- and yes, executions shouldn’t be a thing (I personally make a few exceptions… but I’m an asshole…) let’s take a moment and realize that nitrogen hypoxia is the method used in suicide pods

    While yeah, the moments before it happen are probably terrifying for the condemned- and that probably is where they’re getting “torture” from… it’s far less painful and awful a way to go… than lethal injection or electric chairs or old-school gas chambers;

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        10 months ago

        Yes, executions are barbaric. I won’t argue there (and will join you in their condemnation,)

        It sounds as though they fucked it up, though. Industrial accidents with inert gassed flooding a room of unsuspecting people are pretty rare (most rooms aren’t sealed, etc,) there are cases where people never notice before dropping.

        Shoulda known ‘bama would fuck it up somehow,

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      11 months ago

      The mental state of the person is the difference. One person has willingly placed themselves in the suicide pod, while the other is likely to fight for air. If we’re going to execute people we shouldn’t be pacifying with that actually means.

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        11 months ago

        So people on death row should suffer from more cruel methods? They should run the risk of botched executions from people that received no training? Nitrogen is safe and effective. Put a mask on, open the tank. That’s it. Do we need to complicate the process? Would that make it better in your eyes? If we’re going to execute people (which we fucking shouldn’t) why do we have to make it worse?

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        11 months ago

        while the other is likely to fight for air.

        The body doesn’t actually sense the amount of oxygen in your blood. Instead, there’s assorted ways it detects elevated levels of CO2.

        That works great when you’re e.g. swimming under water or are holding your breath. Low oxygen naturally coincides with excess CO2.

        But it’s dangerous in low oxygen environments. CO2 doesn’t build up, so you don’t sense that you’re running low on oxygen.

        People die accidentally from inert gas asphyxiation. It’s sneaky like that.