▲ 188 ▼ ‘Astonishingly cruel’: Alabama seeks to test execution method on death row ‘guinea pig’ (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 145 comments fedilink hide all child comments Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen
[–] dmonzel@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago (71 children) Execution is cruel, regardless of method. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 72 child comments replies: [–] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago I'm against the death penalty but if I ever murder a load of people then I'd like to be able able to freely choose death by nitrogen over a life in prison permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (70 replies)
[–] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago I'm against the death penalty but if I ever murder a load of people then I'd like to be able able to freely choose death by nitrogen over a life in prison permalink fedilink source parent