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Ladybbird · 05-01-24, 17:49

US Death-Penalty States Buck Public Sentiment to Find New CRUEL Ways to KILL

Half of Americans call capital punishment unfair but a handful of states are pressing ahead using novel methods and secrecy

MailOnline 5 JAN 2024

Alabamas' death chamber at Holman correctional facility in Atmore. Kenneth Smith is scheduled to be executed by the untried nitrogen hypoxia method this month.

Death-penalty states in the US are taking increasingly extreme steps to keep their execution chambers operating, despite growing anxiety among the American people that the practice of capital punishment is unfair.

This year, the number of states carrying out executions declined to a 20-year low. Just five states, Alabama, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, judicially killed prisoners.

Though capital punishment is receding into just a rump of largely southern states, those that still practice it are growing ever more aggressive. Some are turning to alternative execution methods to lethal injection, while others are shrouding the process in secrecy.

In 20 days’ time, barring a last-minute reprieve, Kenneth Smith will become the first person to be executed in the US using the untried and untested method known as nitrogen hypoxia.

After a spate of gruesome botched executions – including several hours spent unsuccessfully trying to kill Smith on the gurney last year – the department of corrections has turned to an entirely experimental procedure that experts warn could subject the prisoner to further cruel and unusual punishment.

Alabama has set 25 January as Smith’s execution date, but the way they intend to kill him has been kept largely hidden from public view. The state’s protocol is heavily redacted, revealing only that Smith will have a mask strapped to his face through which nitrogen will be passed, depriving his body of life-sustaining oxygen.

The gas will be administered “for fifteen minutes or five minutes following a flatline indication on the EKG, whichever is longer”, the protocol states.

“This is an incredibly vague protocol, there’s nothing in it with any specificity that hasn’t been redacted. Even people familiar with nitrogen gas would have no idea what they’re talking about,” said Deborah Denno, a professor at Fordham law school who studies capital punishment protocols.

Alabama’s flirtation with nitrogen as an execution method is just the most glaring manifestation of a trend that is gathering pace among death-penalty states. Several are toying with alternative methods as a means of buying themselves flexibility.

Lethal injection, which has been the prevailing protocol since the 1970s, has been the subject of a years-long international boycott led by the UK and European governments along with pharmaceutical companies opposed to their medical products being used to kill people.

This year Idaho became the fifth state to authorize the firing squad, while Tennessee tried and failed to pass legislation that would also have adopted the technique. South Carolina responded to difficulties obtaining lethal drugs by shifting in 2021 to the electric chair and the firing squad as default.

With death penalty states adopting alternative killing methods, at least on paper, the US now has six different protocols on states’ books: lethal injection, electric chair, lethal gas including cyanide, firing squad, hanging and now Alabama’s nitrogen hypoxia.

“I don’t know any other country in the world which has as many execution methods as we do, even China,” Denno said. “I mean, six methods – who does that?”

Amid the plethora of execution methods, public concern is rising about the fairness of the death penalty. For the first time, a Gallup opinion poll in November found that 50% said the practice was unfair, compared with 47% fair.

Alongside the expansion into new killing techniques, death penalty states are making a renewed push to hide their practices in the hope of deflecting adverse public scrutiny. South Carolina has introduced a combination of alternative execution methods and secrecy in an attempt to revive its killing machine, which has been in abeyance since 2011.

The execution chamber at Utah state prison after Ronnie Lee Gardner died by firing squad in 2010. Idaho this year approved the firing squad for executions.

The switch in its protocol to the electric chair and the firing squad made in 2021 was challenged by prisoners as a form of cruel and unusual punishment. The issue is still being adjudicated by the state’s supreme court.

With that route temporarily blocked, the Republican-controlled legislature stepped up its efforts to hide what the department of corrections was doing in terms of hunting for lethal injection drugs.

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Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,647 Thanks: 27,646 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	US Death-Penalty States Find New CRUEL Ways to KILL Amid SECRECY US Death-Penalty States Buck Public Sentiment to Find New CRUEL Ways to KILL Half of Americans call capital punishment unfair but a handful of states are pressing ahead using novel methods and secrecy MailOnline 5 JAN 2024 Alabamas' death chamber at Holman correctional facility in Atmore. Kenneth Smith is scheduled to be executed by the untried nitrogen hypoxia method this month. Death-penalty states in the US are taking increasingly extreme steps to keep their execution chambers operating, despite growing anxiety among the American people that the practice of capital punishment is unfair. This year, the number of states carrying out executions declined to a 20-year low. Just five states, Alabama, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, judicially killed prisoners. Though capital punishment is receding into just a rump of largely southern states, those that still practice it are growing ever more aggressive. Some are turning to alternative execution methods to lethal injection, while others are shrouding the process in secrecy. In 20 days’ time, barring a last-minute reprieve, Kenneth Smith will become the first person to be executed in the US using the untried and untested method known as nitrogen hypoxia. After a spate of gruesome botched executions – including several hours spent unsuccessfully trying to kill Smith on the gurney last year – the department of corrections has turned to an entirely experimental procedure that experts warn could subject the prisoner to further cruel and unusual punishment. Alabama has set 25 January as Smith’s execution date, but the way they intend to kill him has been kept largely hidden from public view. The state’s protocol is heavily redacted, revealing only that Smith will have a mask strapped to his face through which nitrogen will be passed, depriving his body of life-sustaining oxygen. The gas will be administered “for fifteen minutes or five minutes following a flatline indication on the EKG, whichever is longer”, the protocol states. “This is an incredibly vague protocol, there’s nothing in it with any specificity that hasn’t been redacted. Even people familiar with nitrogen gas would have no idea what they’re talking about,” said Deborah Denno, a professor at Fordham law school who studies capital punishment protocols. Alabama’s flirtation with nitrogen as an execution method is just the most glaring manifestation of a trend that is gathering pace among death-penalty states. Several are toying with alternative methods as a means of buying themselves flexibility. Lethal injection, which has been the prevailing protocol since the 1970s, has been the subject of a years-long international boycott led by the UK and European governments along with pharmaceutical companies opposed to their medical products being used to kill people. This year Idaho became the fifth state to authorize the firing squad, while Tennessee tried and failed to pass legislation that would also have adopted the technique. South Carolina responded to difficulties obtaining lethal drugs by shifting in 2021 to the electric chair and the firing squad as default. With death penalty states adopting alternative killing methods, at least on paper, the US now has six different protocols on states’ books: lethal injection, electric chair, lethal gas including cyanide, firing squad, hanging and now Alabama’s nitrogen hypoxia. “I don’t know any other country in the world which has as many execution methods as we do, even China,” Denno said. “I mean, six methods – who does that?” Amid the plethora of execution methods, public concern is rising about the fairness of the death penalty. For the first time, a Gallup opinion poll in November found that 50% said the practice was unfair, compared with 47% fair. Alongside the expansion into new killing techniques, death penalty states are making a renewed push to hide their practices in the hope of deflecting adverse public scrutiny. South Carolina has introduced a combination of alternative execution methods and secrecy in an attempt to revive its killing machine, which has been in abeyance since 2011. The execution chamber at Utah state prison after Ronnie Lee Gardner died by firing squad in 2010. Idaho this year approved the firing squad for executions. The switch in its protocol to the electric chair and the firing squad made in 2021 was challenged by prisoners as a form of cruel and unusual punishment. The issue is still being adjudicated by the state’s supreme court. With that route temporarily blocked, the Republican-controlled legislature stepped up its efforts to hide what the department of corrections was doing in terms of hunting for lethal injection drugs. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

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