Execution with Nitrogen gas

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If someone is proven guilty of a crime that is so horrendous they are handed a death sentence then, in my opinion, the means of ending their life should be humane. If the reports from witnesses who were present when Kenneth Smith was executed are correct, then his death was barbaric.

Kenneth Smith and John Parker did not concern themselves with Elizabeth Sennett's suffering when they attacked her and subjected her to a very violent death but, in my opinion, as a civilised society, we should not seek to brutalise someone in retailiation, we should be better than that.
 
Between innocent people incorrectly 'proven' to be murderers and the fact that a large number of criminals have mental illness problems, I think the death penalty is unnecessary brutality (and especially using cruel methods). I am in favor of incarcerating (in treatment programs) some people before they commit crimes.

I was watching a YouTube the other day of the police interview of a psychopath who had killed his mother, and even though the teenager had unavailingly asked for more frequent psychiatrist appointments, and had not gotten the prescription he'd asked for to control his impulses, and had told his teachers and fellow students that he wanted to kill people, and his mother had told people she was afraid he was going to kill her, and after he killed her everyone was immediately indicating to the police that the psycho teen was no doubt the murderer, in spite of all that nothing useful had been done to avert the danger.

And then the police and everyone in the comments on the YouTube just blame the murderer for his actions, when clearly he is mentally ill and had done a lot more to try to warn everyone than most psychopaths. And he's going to finish his sentence in 2033 and do we think he will no longer be mentally ill? And yet he'll be released and probably kill several people before going back to prison. It is insanity on the part of sane people that we can't find a more effective way to avert risk from crazy people.
 

Don M. said:
Today, Alabama executed a killer using Nitrogen, It sounds like the killer experienced quite q bit of "stress", as his brain became deprived of oxygen. He probably deserved the "punishment", but this will probably trigger all sorts of protests.

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

However, if the States are looking for a way to rid society of these thugs, a cheap, and quick solution might be to give them a tablespoon of the huge amount of Fentanyl that is flooding our nation.
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Fully civilized countries don't kill their own. This has nothing to do with sympathy for those affected by the crimes, or how heinous the crime is. Personally, sitting in a cell for 50 years is far worse than death. But either way, no country can truly claim to value life when there is state sanctioned murder. Ironic that this happened in the same year abortion was struck down. Life only matters sometimes, apparently.
 
The last execution in Australia took place when Ronald Ryan was hanged on 3 February 1967 some 57 years ago.

Ryan and his accomplice Peter Walker escaped from Pentridge Prison on 19 December 1965. Ryan was executed for murder on February 3, 1967, at the age of 41. He was found guilty of shooting and killing warder George Hodson during an escape from Pentridge Prison, Victoria, in 1965. Ryan’s execution was a controversial event, with many Australians protesting against capital punishment. The event led to the abolition of the death penalty in Australia.

The death penalty is not a deterrent to murder, neither here in Australia, nor in US. Australia homicide rate is 0.89 per 100K population, US 4.96 per 100K
(source Murder Rate by Country 2024)
 
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How much suffering did his victim endure? Probably much more than he did. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

"Ronnie May remembers the horrific scene on March 18, 1988, when he responded to a call from Charles Sennett, a Church of Christ pastor in Sheffield.

Sennett claimed he found his wife, Elizabeth Sennett, dead in their home on Coon Dog Cemetery Road in Colbert County. She had been stabbed, and beaten with a fireplace implement, in what investigators would soon conclude was a murder-for-hire paid for by the pastor and staged to look like a home invasion and burglary."

I have no sympathy for anyone who kills another human being in such a brutal manner. Trying to find a more humane way of executing someone who did such a horrible deed? No thanks.
 
I don't understand all the arguing about the way
a murderer was killed, as his sentence decreed, he
is dead, yet there are people upset that he suffered
because the theory about the gas was wrong, he got
what he gave to somebody else, death!

There are so many guns in America, why not resurrect,
the "Firing Squad", this is regarded as a humane way
to kill horses. Maybe hand him over to his victim's family,
then you will see how humanely he is treated.

Mike.
 
seadoug said:
How much suffering did his victim endure? Probably much more than he did. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

"Ronnie May remembers the horrific scene on March 18, 1988, when he responded to a call from Charles Sennett, a Church of Christ pastor in Sheffield.

Sennett claimed he found his wife, Elizabeth Sennett, dead in their home on Coon Dog Cemetery Road in Colbert County. She had been stabbed, and beaten with a fireplace implement, in what investigators would soon conclude was a murder-for-hire paid for by the pastor and staged to look like a home invasion and burglary."

I have no sympathy for anyone who kills another human being in such a brutal manner. Trying to find a more humane way of executing someone who did such a horrible deed? No thanks.
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I could not agree more. Btw. What happened to the pastor who hired the killer?
 
No mater what the awful crime is, why is justice met with revenge? An eye for eye, a tooth for a tooth, life for a life. What is justice? It can be thought much differently than violence, war, hatred, enmity, anger, unfairness, etc....

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Rich said:
Hi Pepper. I apologize but I don't understand your comment. Are saying I'm perhaps cold-hearted because I don't care or you saying these sort of people are not deserving of a soft exit and a bullet to the head is a more fitting solution?
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Hi Rich. You made me smile, so thank you. No, you are not cold hearted. I feel if there is an execution, it should be dispatched and over with without the drama, the torture, that the truly cold hearted one, the murderer, displayed toward his/her victim. Just snap! Gone. Gone without showing malice; without controversy, Gone. And we, the public, did the job knowing we executed the right person who doesn't deserve the attention garnered by a cruel end. We show we are better than what we just rid ourselves of, not the same.

I'm against executions, but must admit I understand people who want it, especially for very heinous crimes.
 
" It’s not a deterrent to crime and we have executed a fair number of innocent people."

Innocent people ? Or defendants where a prosecutorial mistake was found later on, and it was deemed too expensive to retry ?

Again, whenever one of those cases makes the news ... there is no mention of new evidence that shows innocence . Only attorney/police mistake technicalities .
 
Don’t the big chicken companies like Purdue and Tyson kill chickens with nitrogen gas? I believe so.
 
Paco Dennis said:
No mater what the awful crime is, why is justice met with revenge? An eye for eye, a tooth for a tooth, life for a life. What is justice? It can be thought much differently than violence, war, hatred, enmity, anger, unfairness, etc....
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It's beyond an eye for an eye. It's 2024. The guy was guilty, he was in jail on death row, he was being punished. He was never, ever, going to get the chance to do this again. But that wasn't enough, apparently. Some segments of society want him to die, as though the outcome is effectively any different. When it comes to murder, you can never make it right. Someone is gone. They're not coming back. The death penalty is a disgrace, especially in a christian society. But hey, some actually seem to enjoy a fellow human, however flawed, being put to death.
 
VaughanJB said:
It's beyond an eye for an eye. It's 2024. The guy was guilty, he was in jail on death row, he was being punished. He was never, ever, going to get the chance to do this again. But that wasn't enough, apparently. Some segments of society want him to die, as though the outcome is effectively any different. When it comes to murder, you can never make it right. Someone is gone. They're not coming back. The death penalty is a disgrace, especially in a christian society. But hey, some actually seem to enjoy a fellow human, however flawed, being put to death.
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Why not ask his VICTIMS?
 
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