From one of the linked articles by a reporter in the room:
The gas appeared to start flowing at approximately 7:58 p.m. Smith visibly shook and writhed against the gurney for around two minutes. His arms thrashed against the restraints.
He breathed heavily, slightly gasping, for approximately seven more minutes. At one point, his wife cried out.
At 8:01 p.m., a correctional officer in the execution chamber leaned over Smith and examined his face, before stepping away and walking back to his post. Smith appeared to stop breathing at 8:08 p.m.
I’ve experienced hypoxia and found it very comfortable, if I had to choose a way to go there would be it, but that was at a high altitude and my brain had no idea what was happening. This sounds barbaric.
Pretty sure they’ve shown nitrogen asphyxiation on pigs hasn’t caused any discernible stress or uncomfort. This execution not only taking this long but also being that stressful, and the facility’s track record of fucking up executing this guy, makes me think some bullshit by Alabama happened to make this a painful death. Needs to be promptly and thoroughly investigated imo
Off topic FYI on YouTube links, the ?si=blahblah is used for tracking you and where you have shared the link. It works fine if you delete it. If you were to share with a timestamp you still need the ? but still not the si stuff.
From one of the linked articles by a reporter in the room:
I’ve experienced hypoxia and found it very comfortable, if I had to choose a way to go there would be it, but that was at a high altitude and my brain had no idea what was happening. This sounds barbaric.
I was gonna say, on paper inert gas asphyxiation shouldn’t be painful.
In execution, well… shit. Pun not originally intended, but I’m leaving it.
Pretty sure they’ve shown nitrogen asphyxiation on pigs hasn’t caused any discernible stress or uncomfort. This execution not only taking this long but also being that stressful, and the facility’s track record of fucking up executing this guy, makes me think some bullshit by Alabama happened to make this a painful death. Needs to be promptly and thoroughly investigated imo
Edit yea here’s a link: mild content warning I guess, but it just shows a pig very briefly passing out and then coming to again: https://youtu.be/fPhH4nha4QA?si=9KQ2zQHF-nU4MMh6
Off topic FYI on YouTube links, the ?si=blahblah is used for tracking you and where you have shared the link. It works fine if you delete it. If you were to share with a timestamp you still need the ? but still not the si stuff.
Interesting, thanks for the info!
They either botched the mask, or used a bottle of welding quality nitrogen laced with CO2.