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Oklahoma is Poised to Become the First State to Use Nitrogen Gas in Executions

posted by mrpg on Friday March 16 2018, @02:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the fundamental-states-of-matter dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

Oklahoma plans to start carrying out executions with nitrogen gas, a method that has never been used in the U.S. but that some states have already approved amid difficulties with lethal injections.

At a news conference Wednesday, Oklahoma Atty. Gen. Mike Hunter and Corrections Director Joe M. Allbaugh said that over the next few months the state would develop a protocol for using nitrogen.

[...] In recent years, Oklahoma and other states have struggled to obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections, the most common execution method but one that has increasingly faced scrutiny.

In 2015, a state court put a moratorium on executions in Oklahoma after a series of botched executions, including one in which an inmate convulsed for 43 minutes before dying and another in which the wrong drug was administered.

Oklahoma is poised to become the first state to use nitrogen gas in executions

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday March 16 2018, @02:19AM (3 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday March 16 2018, @02:19AM (#653287) Homepage

    This is why we need to bring back the guillotine, or firing squads. Not only are both a more stylish way to die, but quicker and less painful*.

    * In the case of the firing squad, we need to allow not just one but all snipers live bullets, but also with full-auto. If you've been sentenced to death, an open-casket funeral is the least of your family's worries.

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  • (Score: 2) by Kawumpa on Friday March 16 2018, @05:06AM (2 children)

    by Kawumpa (1187) on Friday March 16 2018, @05:06AM (#653379)

    Yes, and we should get people like you to clean up the mess afterwards...

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by DannyB on Friday March 16 2018, @01:34PM (1 child)

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 16 2018, @01:34PM (#653581) Journal

      America allows immigrants because they will do disgusting jobs no American would ever do. That is why Trump's wives are all immigrants.

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