Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used

Discussion in 'Current Events' started by Space_Time, Jan 26, 2024.

  1. Pro_Line_FL

    Pro_Line_FL Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Oct 16, 2018
    Messages:
    26,119
    Likes Received:
    14,206
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    It killed him in mere 22 minutes. This is going to be a big hit in red States.
     
  2. Bluesguy

    Bluesguy Well-Known Member Donor

    Joined:
    Jun 13, 2010
    Messages:
    154,139
    Likes Received:
    39,235
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Sounds like it worked pretty good he's dead.
     
    ButterBalls likes this.
  3. Bluesguy

    Bluesguy Well-Known Member Donor

    Joined:
    Jun 13, 2010
    Messages:
    154,139
    Likes Received:
    39,235
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    You would prefer executions when they happen take longer?
     
  4. Doofenshmirtz

    Doofenshmirtz Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2016
    Messages:
    28,156
    Likes Received:
    19,397
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Nitro is the way to go.

    [​IMG]
     
    ButterBalls and FatBack like this.
  5. FatBack

    FatBack Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2018
    Messages:
    53,145
    Likes Received:
    49,498
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    If I had to be executed or euthanized for medical reasons I would choose nitrous oxide.

    Of course that's laughing gas and it's not toxic in and of itself. When you go to the dentist and they use it for anesthesia they give you a mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen.

    However if you were to sit there and breathe straight laughing gas, you would be so high as a kite you would never notice that you were dying from oxygen deprivation.
     
    ButterBalls likes this.
  6. FatBack

    FatBack Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2018
    Messages:
    53,145
    Likes Received:
    49,498
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    I'm trying that with cigarettes and alcohol but it's taking decades to do the job...
     
    ButterBalls and Doofenshmirtz like this.
  7. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2012
    Messages:
    150,909
    Likes Received:
    63,211
    Trophy Points:
    113
  8. FatBack

    FatBack Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2018
    Messages:
    53,145
    Likes Received:
    49,498
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    So the amount of fentanyl that comes over the border through non-legal entry points, how do you measure that?

    Do you have a link to how they verify how much comes over the open border?

    You realize the fact that it comes in and it's not caught means that they're not able to record the amount coming in that way?

    Maybe they have a log book for drug smugglers to sign on the remote sections of the border where they self-report how much drugs they're bringing in?
     
    ButterBalls likes this.
  9. The Mello Guy

    The Mello Guy Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 13, 2010
    Messages:
    110,003
    Likes Received:
    37,732
    Trophy Points:
    113
    So your proof it’s coming in via illegal entry….is because they aren’t finding it? lol
     
  10. FatBack

    FatBack Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2018
    Messages:
    53,145
    Likes Received:
    49,498
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    And your proof it's not is because the government tells you? Common Sense tells you that drug smugglers use every opportunity they can.... But you just go on believing every word the government tells you and be very faithful and useful. Lol
     
    ButterBalls likes this.
  11. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2012
    Messages:
    150,909
    Likes Received:
    63,211
    Trophy Points:
    113
    if they're gonna do it, hire a Vet, they got it down to a science
     
  12. politicalcenter

    politicalcenter Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 10, 2011
    Messages:
    11,121
    Likes Received:
    6,808
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Are you sure? I tend to think all death is painful. This Smith fellow thought nitrogen gas was painless.
     
  13. The Mello Guy

    The Mello Guy Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 13, 2010
    Messages:
    110,003
    Likes Received:
    37,732
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Sure, but common sense tells me you can get more through using trucks than a guy running through the desert.
    Ever seen the movie traffic?
     
  14. MelshieMaze

    MelshieMaze Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 25, 2022
    Messages:
    3,013
    Likes Received:
    1,091
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    That shouldve been on his mind before he killed that lady.
     
  15. Think for myself

    Think for myself Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Aug 18, 2008
    Messages:
    65,277
    Likes Received:
    4,601
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Okay
     
    Last edited: Jan 26, 2024
  16. HockeyDad

    HockeyDad Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Feb 4, 2019
    Messages:
    5,319
    Likes Received:
    6,908
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Consider it a gift from progressive Pfizer who refuses to sell the drugs for a humane execution (how humanitarian of them). So now the physical suffering is greater for the condemned.

    In the end, his physical suffering is far less than the physical suffering each of us will endure before our lives ends. The real suffering he endured was psychological. Knowing the date of your death would be pure torture, far far far worse than a few minutes of physical pain. Given that he was locked in a cage with nothing to really distract him, he probably spent countless hours worrying about it.
     
    Turtledude likes this.
  17. FatBack

    FatBack Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2018
    Messages:
    53,145
    Likes Received:
    49,498
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    You believe you can't get a truck or an aircraft or an ATV through the desert?

    What does a fictional movie have to do with reality?

    How many drugs smuggling tunnels have they busted at this point? Wonder how many more there are.

    They have no problem smuggling 100 to 200 lb people through the open border.
     
    Last edited: Jan 26, 2024
  18. The Mello Guy

    The Mello Guy Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 13, 2010
    Messages:
    110,003
    Likes Received:
    37,732
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Open? So how are they apprehending people?
     
  19. Chrizton

    Chrizton Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 4, 2020
    Messages:
    7,773
    Likes Received:
    3,819
    Trophy Points:
    113
    It would be nice if it had been done more quickly and cleanly I suppose, but it was what is was. I probably would have supported commuting his sentence to life in prison.It is an odd case. all but one juror wanted life in prison but the judge threw their sentence out and imposed death.
     
  20. edna kawabata

    edna kawabata Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 20, 2018
    Messages:
    4,531
    Likes Received:
    1,477
    Trophy Points:
    113
    How about we present them with the Condemned Menu:

    1 Nitrous Hypoxia
    2 Trash Bag over the head hypoxia
    3 Opioid overdose
    4 Gun with one bullet
    5 Running Car in a garage with beer and top CD pick
    6 Rope
    7 Alcohol and Barbiturates
     
  21. Joe knows

    Joe knows Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2021
    Messages:
    13,656
    Likes Received:
    10,038
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    I don’t care if capital punishment is inhumane. I would 110% okay with hanging them in public executions if they were convicted of a capital crime.
     
  22. Pred

    Pred Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 18, 2011
    Messages:
    24,409
    Likes Received:
    17,391
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Considering we can see the results, and the substance is illegal, pray tell, how is it getting here, if its not being created here? If it comes buried within Mexican Teddy bears, or its in a backpack on an illegal crossing a river, who the &$*(@ cares?
     
  23. The Mello Guy

    The Mello Guy Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 13, 2010
    Messages:
    110,003
    Likes Received:
    37,732
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Well one has nothing to do with open borders or illegal immigration does it?
     
  24. Stuart Wolfe

    Stuart Wolfe Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jul 7, 2012
    Messages:
    14,967
    Likes Received:
    11,255
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Put criminals on Death Row to work for my former boss - they'll all kill themselves in a week tops after having to deal with her.
     
  25. Turtledude

    Turtledude Well-Known Member Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 9, 2015
    Messages:
    31,470
    Likes Received:
    20,870
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    I agree. I don' know why they abolished hanging. With the proper drop, death is immediate and unlike electrocution, lethal injection or the incredibly painful poison gas, the organs of the executed prisoner are still useable for transplants
     

Share This Page