▲ 751 ▼ Kenneth Smith ‘struggled for life’ for 22 minutes in Alabama nitrogen gas execution: Updates (www.independent.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/news@lemmy.world 581 comments fedilink hide all child comments “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.
[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) It is seriously incredible that in the United States prisons are for profit. Healthcare and water are for profit too... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago Only 8 percent of US prisoners are in for profit prisons. This is definitely a problem, but it's not the main problem with our justice system, by any means. The way we focus on punishment instead of rehabilitation is a bigger problem than the fact that for profit prisons exist. I mean, getting rid of for profit prisons is a start, but the whole thing needs reform. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago Only 8 percent of US prisoners are in for profit prisons. This is definitely a problem, but it's not the main problem with our justice system, by any means. The way we focus on punishment instead of rehabilitation is a bigger problem than the fact that for profit prisons exist. I mean, getting rid of for profit prisons is a start, but the whole thing needs reform. permalink fedilink source parent