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Albama (lemy.lol)

submitted 10 months ago by King@lemy.lol to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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Alabama suffocated a man to death in a gas chamber tonight after starving him so he wouldn't choke on his own vomit as they did it. And this was deemed perfectly legal by multiple courts in the vaunted American legal system.

That's what happens when you value institutions over people.

Link for more info: https://www.reuters.com/legal/alabama-prepares-carry-out-first-execution-by-nitrogen-asphyxiation-2024-01-25/

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[–] Commiunism@lemmy.wtf 72 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Death penalty in the US and not doing it correctly, name a more fitting duo

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Obligatory Jacob Geller

Crazy how as our methods of execution get easier to watch, they get more torturous to the individual. Give me a firing squad or a guillotine any day. Y'all lethal inject me, I'm haunting your asses

[–] ParetoOptimalDev 7 points 10 months ago

People just... go to watch executions?

[–] SteefLem@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Interesting video, indeed worth a watch.