Everything you've been told about lethal injection is a lie
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Death by drugs is brutal—and designed for political optics. Christa Pike's failed execution pulled back the curtain.
  • ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2 hours

    thank goodness, someone was telling me about some prison that was keeping their execution drug in an unlabled mason jar in some fridge at the prison

  • Sunshine@piefed.caEnglish
    18 hours

    Savage Donald Trump and his love for the death penalty.

    • ZDL@lazysoci.alEnglish
      17 hours

      As usual, not just Trump.

      Overall about two thirds of Americans support the death penalty as of a 2026 Pew poll. Broken down in Party lines it’s 84% of Republicans in that same poll (because of fucking course they support it that ardently!), but, shockingly, slightly over a half of Democrats also do.

      So let’s just call it “savage Americans and their love for the death penalty” for now.

      edited: I misread a table and had to update the Democrats’ results.

      • adjectivenoun@lemmy.worldEnglish
        60 minutes

        I think it’s kinda funny that the faction on the internet most likely to post that gif of guillotine blades dropping is the same that is likely to oppose the death penalty. I think life without parole is likely a worse fate, and there are actual humane ways to kill things. The main problem with the death penalty is the uncertainty of our criminal justice system, and occasionally, as with self-confessed mass shooters, that simply doesn’t apply. In those cases, why not? Inert gas is cheap and painless.

  • bookmeat@fedinsfw.appEnglish
    16 hours

    Off the top of my head, why don’t they just use CO asphyxiation or something? Isn’t that painless and lethal?

      • ZDL@lazysoci.alEnglish
        13 hours

        That’s just crazy talk! How could you possibly have a pliant, compliant, orderly society if you don’t kill black people disproportionately while giving white folk the benefit of the doubt!?

    • Pat_Riot@lemmy.todayEnglish
      12 hours

      Nitrogen would be the best gas to use, but they can’t pussyfoot around trying to use a mask and being all gradual about it. You need a sealed room with a rapid exchange system, air to pure nitrogen in under a minute. The executed would feel drunk for a minute and then lights out. End of.