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2nd-ever nitrogen gas execution in US set to take place in Alabama (abcnews.go.com)

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Alabama is set to perform the second-ever nitrogen gas execution in the United States on Thursday.

Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was sentenced to death for the 1999 murders of his then-coworkers Lee Holdbrooks and Christoper Scott Yancy, and his former supervisor Terry Lee Jarvis.

Miller was to be executed in September 2022 via lethal injection, but it was called off after officials had trouble inserting an intravenous line to administer the fatal drugs and were concerned they would not be able to do so before the death warrant expired.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Ah yes - the world's moral compass - the pinnacle of western civilisation killing people they have securely locked up where they can't be a danger to the public... for what - revenge?

Look at the money being spent to satiate this thirst for blood compared to keeping them locked up - or shudder making any attempt to rehabilitate people to be a productive member of society.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

"Miller was to be executed in September 2022 via lethal injection, but it was called off after officials had trouble inserting an intravenous line to administer the fatal drugs and were concerned they would not be able to do so before the death warrant expired."

Shouldn't this be considered "cruel and unusual punishment?"

"We're killing you now. This is the end for you. Here comes the needle. Actually wait, nevermind, go back to your cell and wait another few years."

I guess they would argue that it wasn't intentional?

[-] [email protected] 14 points 11 hours ago

I mean, killing prisoners is cruel and unusual in a civilised society.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Cruel yes, unusual not by definition. It's precedented and quite usual.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Indeed. We're definitely a fucked up bunch of vindictive asshats here...

Our whole system of judgment and punishment is purely punitive, the pain is the point. There's nothing "corrective" about our "correction facilities" (jails/prisons)

[-] [email protected] 71 points 23 hours ago

The US death penalty is so bizarre.

"We desperately want to kill these probably-guilty people, we want it to appear humane while simultaneously lacking any humanity, and no one wants to be involved in any way because we acknowledge that it's pretty much murder which is the crime we're punishing these poor bastards for"

Other countries still doing this, which I don't condone, at least own it. "We think these guys are scum and we're going to end them by chopping their heads off. No you may not watch."

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Hell if someone who kills someone I love is sentenced to death....I'll own that shit. Give me the axe, I'll chop off the head myself.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 5 hours ago

Would that bring your loved one back?

[-] [email protected] 18 points 16 hours ago

And the Bible being a justification for state executions is such a horrible excuse.

We could justify all sorts of other wacky things with a messy collection of ancient tales.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

The key story for Christians is that a man was unjustly executed by religious authorities and the state even though he was without sin. This unjust sacrifice atones for all of humanities sin. So kinda hard to justify execution from a Christian perspective if you actually believe that stuff.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago

And the Bible being a justification for state executions is such a horrible excuse.

Which part of the Bible allow that? Is it this "an eye for an eye" thing? And if yes, do those people referring to it also honor the other verses in Leviticus (i.e. not eat shrimp)?

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