Nitrogen gas execution

[It'sMyLife]

So in a few days Alabama is going to attempt the first inert gas execution. The news sites are all worried about the guy in prison and trying to scare us about this method of dying. The prisoner was a hired hit man for the husband of the woman murdered who wanted an insurance settlement. Here are a couple of links. He's been in prison for like 35 years. You'd think he'd be ready to ctb Other news sites are fear mongering as well

Alabama Has Executed A Man With Nitrogen Gas Despite Jury’s Life Verdict | ACLU

U.N. experts say the method constitutes torture, violating international human rights treaties ratified by the U.S.

www.aclu.org

This Is What Could Happen in the 1st Nitrogen Execution in the U.S.

Vomiting. Seizures. Stroke. Ahead of Alabama's planned execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, a doctor discusses the latest death penalty experiment.

www.themarshallproject.org

 

[Slow_Farewell]

I really don't get instances like these.
Why are they so concerned about the killer? What about the victim?
Inert Gases ftw!

 

[Justnotme]

I am shocked by these articles.
One article says that nitrogen was canceled for euthanizing animals because they started having SOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE SEIZURES.

Are they serious? Is this what medical professionals write? Or is it written by an amateur?

Did they stupidly watch an animal die when nitrogen sighs, but did they not attach medical devices to its head that would scan the signals that the brain transmits? That is, they did not carry out analyses using computer monitors or special devices?

When I do holotropic breathwork and hold my breath after that, I start shaking. And it's VERY similar to convulsions. It looks EXACTLY like convulsions.
But it DOESN'T HURT AT ALL!
What will the observer say then? That I'm in a painful convulsive fit at this moment just because I'm shaking? Seriously?

They do not record the state of the brain at all when nitrogen is supplied to find out if the brain is giving pain signals, is the person conscious?

What nonsense, we are not in the 8th century BC
Medical workers have special research devices

 

[WatusiMuchacho]

The initial reports by eye-witnesses of the Alabama execution were of a violent death, where the prisoner struggled and apparently suffered tremendously.

I don't know how the fantasy got started that Nitrogen hypoxia was just a painless procedure during which the subject would quickly and painlessly slough off the mortal coil. The reports sound hellish. Oh well, back to the drawing board. I think Fentanyl or phenobarbitol are still the least painful options.

Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used

Kenneth Eugene Smith, a 58-year-old convicted killer, has become the first person in the U.S. to be executed with nitrogen gas at a South Alabama prison.

apnews.com

 

[thewalkingdread]

I don't know how the fantasy got started that Nitrogen hypoxia was just a painless procedure

It is a painless procedure... The reports about this case are misleading the public opinion into believing that it is "torture and cruel' mostly because of an anti-death-penalty bias.

 

[outrider567]

The initial reports by eye-witnesses of the Alabama execution were of a violent death, where the prisoner struggled and apparently suffered tremendously.

I don't know how the fantasy got started that Nitrogen hypoxia was just a painless procedure during which the subject would quickly and painlessly slough off the mortal coil. The reports sound hellish. Oh well, back to the drawing board. I think Fentanyl or phenobarbitol are still the least painful options.

Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used

Kenneth Eugene Smith, a 58-year-old convicted killer, has become the first person in the U.S. to be executed with nitrogen gas at a South Alabama prison.

apnews.com

Nitrogen CTB with EEBD Hood is totally painless and peaceful, can't ask for a better way to go--

 

[Gustav Hartmann]

It is the same with hanging, the victim seem to struggle for minutes when he convulses, but he is unconscious within 5 to 15 seconds.

 

[Intoxicated]

I don't know how the fantasy got started that Nitrogen hypoxia was just a painless procedure

People passed out due to gas asphyxiation many times before it became a method of capital punishment.

 

[WatusiMuchacho]

People passed out due to gas asphyxiation many times before it became a method of capital punishment.

Yes, according to the latest from the AP, all the convulsions were simply involuntary movements. But still, a little less than the 'peaceful' death that was promised. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...S&cvid=c002f50c28454d3ea9848066d821a5dd&ei=25

Nitrogen CTB with EEBD Hood is totally painless and peaceful, can't ask for a better way to go--

I'm not denying the possibility of this, but what is your evidence for?

 

[Tears in Rain]

Yes, according to the latest from the AP, all the convulsions were simply involuntary movements. But still, a little less than the 'peaceful' death that was promised. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...S&cvid=c002f50c28454d3ea9848066d821a5dd&ei=25

I'm not denying the possibility of this, but what is your evidence for?

In the inert gas megathread, it was mentioned that Dignitas did an assisted suicide trial on four people using helium and oxygen masks. It seemed painless. There were some slight arm movements when the people were unconscious, and some gulping for air at times, which is normal. A research paper looked at the trial. This summary was previously posted on the megathread:

Four pages from the study, showing the reactions of the 4 people, is uploaded below.