UN experts call on US to halt first planned execution by nitrogen asphyxiation
Experts from the UN have called on the US to halt the execution of Kenneth Smith in Arizona by nitrogen gas.
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Experts from the UN have called on the US to halt the execution of Kenneth Smith in Arizona by nitrogen gas.
An anesthesiologist at Emory University Hospital described the execution method as “death by asphyxiation. This is choking someone to death with a gas. Why anyone would think that would be something pleasant or painless is really beyond my understanding.”
"Nitrogen hypoxia" is the latest brilliant idea in the ugly history of supposedly painless execution methods
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