Alabama execution took 22 minutes using experimental method of nitrogen gas

[badkitty]

That is cruel having to suffocate tied down for 22 minutes

"ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again placed the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. The state said the method would be humane, but critics called it cruel and experimental.

Officials said Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m. at an Alabama prison after breathing pure nitrogen gas through a face mask to cause oxygen deprivation. It marked the first time that a new execution method has been used in the United States since lethal injection, now the most commonly used method, was introduced in 1982.

The execution took about 22 minutes from the time between the opening and closing of the curtains to the viewing room. Smith appeared to remain conscious for several minutes. For at least two minutes, he appeared to shake and writhe on the gurney, sometimes pulling against the restraints. That was followed by several minutes of heavy breathing, until breathing was no longer perceptible."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/alabama-set- ... 07615.html

[Skinner]

Convicted of killing another person you people are worried about how long it took to die using gas, if more murderers were sent to death then we might have less killers out on the streets.

[BrasSmonkey]

the longer the better! i would like to have hung him over a hog pin like people used to do.

[NSWDave]

You do the crime you pay the price as they says

[cimage]

How is putting a man to death right in the 21st century. Just lock him up for life.

[BrasSmonkey]

How is putting a man to death right in the 21st century. Just lock him up for life.

it's the right thing to do.... needs more suffering though...

[Ricks-Cams]

How is putting a man to death right in the 21st century. Just lock him up for life.

it's the right thing to do.... needs more suffering though...

Why you want to see others suffer?

[BrasSmonkey]

How is putting a man to death right in the 21st century. Just lock him up for life.

it's the right thing to do.... needs more suffering though...

Why you want to see others suffer?

my family member was murdered. i want suffering! rick you need to stay in your fucking yard!

[jag]

People have been exonerated after decades with new evidence and especially dna evidence,why i am not for the death sentence.

[tacnet]

Not saying I agree or disagree with the death sentence but if you are going to put a man to death (once all the appeals have run out etc), then surely the quickest, most reliable and painless way is to shoot him in the head ??? That's what they do in many countries around the world

[born2bewild]

When a person murders another person do they deserve the sympathy of others, they took a life,why care how they feel or suffer as they are put to sleep, fuck them. make it a long painful process so they suffer for their crime.

[LovinLife]

Let this be a lesson and deterrent for others who might want to kill, you will not get away.

[greatpornlinks]

Not a decision I could make as a juror ending a man's life.

[Wm2man]

He'll never kill anyone again so job well done Alabama.