Kenneth Smith’s nitrogen execution called ‘troubling’ by White House: Updates
www.independent.co.uk
Witness Reverend Jeff Hood told reporters he saw a man ‘struggling for their life’ for 22 minutes as Smith became the first US death row inmate executed by nitrogen asphyxia

“Kenny just began to gasp for air repeatedly and the execution took about 25 minutes total.”

Pretty compassionate way to kill a person.

Once again, the Law in the south is brutal.

  • Xhieron@lemmy.worldEnglish
    164·
    10 months ago

    … Yes. Yes it does. It’s literally his job. It doesn’t make the opinion invalid, but it absolutely makes it less valid than the opinion of a neutral observer. That’s just what bias is.

    • finthechat@kbin.social
      1·
      10 months ago

      What a way to completely misinterpret the facts. The man was a spiritual advisor who happened to be working as Smith’s advisor for the execution. Like a public defender.

      You’re framing this as if Smith hired the guy to be on his PR team. Don’t be disingenuous.