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I thought breathing some gases, like helium, are a peaceful death, because your body does not realise it cannot breathe? (ie the feeling of suffocation only arises from a buildup of CO)
Or is nitrogen a different deal? Not to say I would support the execution otherwise.
go upthread a great hypothetical behind the CW and spoiler tags
That's true in theory, but it doesn't account for the fact that most people don't want to die and will hold their breath to try to live a little longer.
Part of the issue might also be that they just used a cheap one size fits all mask instead of something that took a modicum of fucking effort. Nitrogen asphyxiation is used in parts of Europe for medically assisted suicide, so it can be done humanely, but the procedure requires more than just slapping something you ordered on Amazon on a guy's face and calling it good. Of course, the people undergoing it in Europe have also chosen to die, and aren't struggling to hang on for ten more seconds. Fuck this place.