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Smith’s execution by “nitrogen hypoxia” took around 22 minutes, according to media witnesses, who were led into a viewing room at the William C Holman correctional facility in Atmore shortly before 8 pm local time.

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[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently they tried that on this guy first, but couldn't find a vein. Guess he did everything possible to make it hard to find one... and they didn't knock him out first, like with some laughing gas.

suffocation is not going to be humane... even with pure nitrogen

With pure nitrogen, unconsciousness comes first. Emphasis on the "pure" part; the moment any CO2 or O2 gets into the mix, shit happens.