Posted on 04/30/2014 7:44:56 AM PDT by armydawg505
And justice was served.
There is a problem with using gas, in that to some extent, a painless death requires the cooperation of the condemned. That is, they are supposed to try and hold their breath, and then inhale a bunch of concentrated cyanide, which kills them very quickly.
However, there was a case not too long ago, where the condemned continued to breathe normally. He started breathing harder, and his skin turned flush, as he very painfully asphyxiated.
A trouble with freon is that it can cause nausea and vomiting as well as seizures. If it was just a case of knocking them out quickly until they asphyxiate, then ordinary carbon dioxide or nitrogen gas would do the trick.
As long as the inmate dies during the shift I think it is fine.
If they had to come back another shift there might be questions. Even then Im sure they can give him something to last until they come back.
Im sure there has been many executions throught history that took about an hour.
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