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Oklahoma governor signs bill allowing nitrogen gas executions
April 17, 2015 at 9:32 pm
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http://news.yahoo.com/oklahoma-governor-...EEc2VjA3Nj
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma became the first U.S. state to approve nitrogen gas for executions under a measure Gov. Mary Fallin signed into law Friday that provides an alternative death penalty method if lethal injections aren't possible, either because of a court ruling or a drug shortage.
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RE: Oklahoma governor signs bill allowing nitrogen gas executions
April 17, 2015 at 9:35 pm
My understanding is that, if you're dead-set on executing people, this is a relatively good way to do it.
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RE: Oklahoma governor signs bill allowing nitrogen gas executions
April 17, 2015 at 9:51 pm
What evidence do we have that execution by nitrogen gas is painless? I have long thought that administering a general anesthetic prior to whatever was one's preferred method of dispatching the condemned, could be a humane way to perform executions. I say this as someone who has been put under with a general anesthetic twice. The only way to describe it was that it was total experiential void. Perhaps a combination of anesthetic and nitrogen gas would be a good option, until we have good evidence that nitrogen alone will reduce/eliminate suffering?
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Oklahoma governor signs bill allowing nitrogen gas executions
April 17, 2015 at 10:26 pm
Why don't they just choke a fucker to death?
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RE: Oklahoma governor signs bill allowing nitrogen gas executions
April 17, 2015 at 10:29 pm
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(April 17, 2015 at 9:51 pm)noctalla Wrote: What evidence do we have that execution by nitrogen gas is painless?
I had the same question, but a simple search seems to indicate that it would be painless in humans:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inert_gas_asphyxiation
(April 17, 2015 at 9:51 pm)noctalla Wrote: I have long thought that administering a general anesthetic prior to whatever was one's preferred method of dispatching the condemned, could be a humane way to perform executions. I say this as someone who has been put under with a general anesthetic twice. The only way to describe it was that it was total experiential void. ...
I have thought that, too. General anesthetic and madame guillotine would be an effective and painless combination, if used properly.
However, I do not approve of the death penalty. Too many wrongful convictions have occurred, and so it would mean killing innocent people.
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RE: Oklahoma governor signs bill allowing nitrogen gas executions
April 17, 2015 at 10:36 pm
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Meh. My vote wasn't good enough to get executions removed in California of all places. You can't save someone who is already dead.
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RE: Oklahoma governor signs bill allowing nitrogen gas executions
April 17, 2015 at 11:06 pm
I can't imagine suffocation would be pain-free.
Of course, I'm against the death penalty in almost all cases anyway.
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RE: Oklahoma governor signs bill allowing nitrogen gas executions
April 17, 2015 at 11:29 pm
I think that all convicted killers should be forced into a Christian "heaven" simulation 6 months before their scheduled execution. After being forced to do nothing but praise god and jesus non-stop for six months, they'll happily hop and skip to the gas chamber!
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RE: Oklahoma governor signs bill allowing nitrogen gas executions
April 18, 2015 at 1:35 am
I'd worry a lot more about a justice system which routinely finds innocent people guilty than about the method of killing them once it has. Shit. In most jurisdictions the cops take care of the executions without worrying about trials.
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RE: Oklahoma governor signs bill allowing nitrogen gas executions
April 18, 2015 at 8:03 am
(April 18, 2015 at 1:35 am)Minimalist Wrote: I'd worry a lot more about a justice system which routinely finds innocent people guilty than about the method of killing them once it has. Shit. In most jurisdictions the cops take care of the executions without worrying about trials.
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