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‘I’m not ready, brother’: US man to be put to death months after botched execution attempt (www.theguardian.com)

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Kenneth Smith, 58, is facing execution by an untested method that has never before been used in capital punishment in the US. It’s a technique that has been rejected on ethical grounds by veterinarians for the euthanasia of most animals other than pigs: death by nitrogen gas.

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[–] HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social 8 points 8 months ago

Okay so this article, and the one it links back to, make much of the "rejected by veterinarians" line, but it's incredibly unclear as to why. Carbon dioxide would be an awful way to go, but I don't understand why, of someone is going to be killed (and not just killed but having their pattern erased when it could be preserved, known time of death in a controlled facility is a best case for cryo), nitrogen hypoxia is considered bad instead of a best option. Can someone explain this? As I understand it your get giddy and happy, then pass out, then die. Why is that unethical, if you've already decided the killing is ethical?