Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen
Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen
The most cruel parts of executions tend to be when the method fails. It’s a fair question.
I don’t believe the death penalty should exist. But I also think an airtight chamber would be a much better way to induce hypoxia than a cheap-ass mask. Given the state where this is happening, I don’t have a lot of confidence they’ll even know how to ensure the mask gives an airtight seal.
A mask sounds like an awful idea. If the mask does not give an airtight seal, they might survive. If they survive they will most likely get brain damage from the lack of oxygen. Then you have to do it again, and to a person that is now severely handicapped and very mentally challenged.
A helmet or a tank seems to me a better idea, but then you would need strong people to get the helmet on or the person into the tube.