• testfactor@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    To be fair, insofar as execution methods go, nitrogen asphyxiation is far far far and away the most humane.

    So, like, it is an improvement? It’s less inhumane than they were being at any rate?

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      9 months ago

      I don’t know if you can call any execution method even remotely humane.

      Even if you know it isn’t going to hurt, you still know you’re going to die. There’s no escaping that part.

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        9 months ago

        I didn’t say it was. I said it was more humane.

        If an execution is going to happen, I think doing it in the most humane way possible is better than torturing them to death. That’s a positive switch, even if it’s still bad.

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      9 months ago

      People keep saying this, but it seems like this execution proved that it’s not true.

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        9 months ago

        How so? Cause the dude was vigorously fighting the guys holding a mask to his face to try and stop them from killing him? I don’t think that’s evidence that nitrogen asphyxiation is painful. Dude did the same thing with the lethal injection, and they never even managed to get the needle in.

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            9 months ago

            Oh, for sure. And I agree that the death penalty is fundamentally inhumane. I also understand that justice is hard to manage and measure. Idk, I’m drunk and not paid enough to have to make hard decisions like that, and for that I’m very much appreciative. :)