▲ 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.
[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) I agree with you but please note it is nitrogen, not nitrous, being discussed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Scirocco@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago But -- nitrous (N2O) is more fun and has just as little usable oxygen -- zero For easy access to an inert gas at-home, try a helium tank from the Party Store permalink fedilink source parent [–] sxan@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, that was a mistype. I mean, nitrous might be fun, but I meant nitrogen. Thanks for pointing that out! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Scirocco@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago But -- nitrous (N2O) is more fun and has just as little usable oxygen -- zero For easy access to an inert gas at-home, try a helium tank from the Party Store permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, that was a mistype. I mean, nitrous might be fun, but I meant nitrogen. Thanks for pointing that out! permalink fedilink source parent