cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/14097254
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.
After the nitrogen gas began flowing, Smith convulsed on the gurney for several minutes. The state had previously said the nitrogen gas would cause Smith to lose consciousness in seconds and die within minutes, according to the Associated Press.
“I’ve been to four previous executions and I’ve never seen a condemned inmate thrash in the way that Kenneth Smith reacted to the nitrogen gas,” Lee Hedgepeth, a journalist who witnessed the execution, told the BBC’s Newsday programme.
No. I’m saying it’s you who don’t understand what torture means and your “rhetorical questions” are daft and completely unrelated to what anyone in the thread is saying.
Seeing as these all flow down from my original response, I’m pretty sure it’s you who doesn’t understand the context of the conversation.
Also, the torture in question wasn’t the execution method. So again, I suggest you re-read the comment thread.