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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on January 26, 2024, 08:04:04 AM

Title: Kenneth Eugene Smith: Alabama carries out first US nitrogen gas execution
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 26, 2024, 08:04:04 AM

I have no sympathy for Smith but that's never been why I am opposed to the death penalty. I think it damages society.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68085513

Title: Re: Kenneth Eugene Smith: Alabama carries out first US nitrogen gas execution
Post by: jeremyp on January 26, 2024, 10:08:01 AM

Quote from: Nearly Sane on January 26, 2024, 08:04:04 AM

I have no sympathy for Smith but that's never been why I am opposed to the death penalty. I think it damages society.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68085513

Michael Portillo's program on capital punishment came to the conclusion that, if you are going to execute people, nitrogen is the most humane way to do it. Interestingly, and perhaps predictably, he interviewed somebody from a Southern state who objected to the idea because he thought execution should be painful.

I don't think there is any place for it in a modern society.