Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen

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    The executions aren’t done by doctors, as that goes against their hypocratic oath. It’s not even done by nurses in a lot of cases. They’re done by people who have barely any training. Botched executions are a dime a dozen because of this.

    To be clear, I am against all forms of capital punishment. It’s barbaric and has no place in 2023.

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      It’s barbaric and has no place in 2023.

      You need to account for the time zone difference between Alabama and the rest of the world. It’s about UTC -50 years