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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, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @04:07AM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @04:07AM (#653350)

    Sorry man, you're wrong. the only cure for the psychopath is death, the polar opposite of what we do with them now.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @04:42AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @04:42AM (#653369)

    Yes, right now you elect them as presidents.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @08:34PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @08:34PM (#653784)

      This isn't insightful? You should be embarrassed for wasting your time writing it. This is pushing only agenda and opinion, not facts. Why aren't people modding only truthfully supported posts instead of just someone vomiting drivel onto the page?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @06:51AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @06:51AM (#653418)
    More psychopaths would prefer the fame of a death sentence and execution than rotting in prison for life.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @07:21AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @07:21AM (#653429)

      Then let's grant that wish.

      • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday March 16 2018, @01:27PM

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 16 2018, @01:27PM (#653580) Journal

        But without the actual fame.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @03:10AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 17 2018, @03:10AM (#653927)

      See, that's the problem. Modern society gives them the fame, fortune, and power instead of turning their backs. These high rewards are making psychopathy a dominant trait in humans.