Originally, my favorite was inert gas asphyxiation. Based on previously found info, it seemed like the best option, just falling asleep and dying. Of course I was aware of the main risk: running out of the inert gas and again getting oxygen. That could result in permanent severe brain damage.
However I later found even worse stuff. Veterinarians apparently stopped using this method as the animals were showing severe signs of distress, meaning that it perhaps wouldn’t be as painless.
Finally, there was a nitrogen hypoxia execution in Alabama recently:
Smith appeared to remain conscious for several minutes. For at least two minutes, he appeared to shake and writhe on the gurney, sometimes pulling against the restraints. That was followed by several minutes of heavy breathing, until breathing was no longer perceptible.
They fucked it up, he held his breath and caused himself pain because of course he didn’t want to die and it’s barbaric to kill people. But also, those spams that happened are after you have already lost consciousness
There’s no such thing as a nice peaceful death. I’ve witnessed what people medically consider the “die peacefully in your sleep”. People still spasms and throw fists and kicks after losing consciousness. It usually just happens when no one is watching and lasts only for a minute or so while the brain stops working completely.
Just any painless method.
Originally, my favorite was inert gas asphyxiation. Based on previously found info, it seemed like the best option, just falling asleep and dying. Of course I was aware of the main risk: running out of the inert gas and again getting oxygen. That could result in permanent severe brain damage.
However I later found even worse stuff. Veterinarians apparently stopped using this method as the animals were showing severe signs of distress, meaning that it perhaps wouldn’t be as painless.
Finally, there was a nitrogen hypoxia execution in Alabama recently:
Source: AP News
Thus I finally ruled this out.
They fucked it up, he held his breath and caused himself pain because of course he didn’t want to die and it’s barbaric to kill people. But also, those spams that happened are after you have already lost consciousness
There’s no such thing as a nice peaceful death. I’ve witnessed what people medically consider the “die peacefully in your sleep”. People still spasms and throw fists and kicks after losing consciousness. It usually just happens when no one is watching and lasts only for a minute or so while the brain stops working completely.
Yeah, maybe don’t take the utterly sadistic version designed by cruel people for maximum suffering, as a reference for how things normally work.
The only legal solution to commit assisted suicide, in Switzerland, uses nitrogen hypoxia for a reason.
As a matter of fact, the founder of exit international even flew to Florida before Christmas, as an attempt to stop the execution. Coming from a fervent supporter of people’s right “to be able to plan for the end of their life in a way that is reliable, peaceful & at a time of their choosing”, that should tell you everything you need to know about the execution. It was made horrible, purposely.