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TranscriptAlabama 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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[โ€“] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

What're they gonna do if you succeed? Put your corpse in jail? Kill you again? I mean, say what you want about it: suicide is the only crime you can get away with 100% of the time if you succeed.

[โ€“] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

i think the fail state here is fucking it up. And being alive still.

You can be involuntarily committed for that shit.