State plans to carry out first judicial killing in 15 years on Tuesday using technique critics call inhumane

Last year the Guardian revealed that three of the biggest manufacturers of medical-grade nitrogen in the US had put a block on their products being used in executions. Airgas, Air Products and Matheson Gas all took steps to prevent their nitrogen reaching departments of correction in death penalty states.

Airgas, which is owned by the French multinational Air Liquide, told the Guardian that it would not supply nitrogen or other inert gases “for the purpose of human execution”.

  • AmoxtliEnglish
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    2 days ago

    The death penalty is irrelevant in the US. Only a few thousand are on death row. How that makes the US ass backwards is not serious. It seems you empathize with criminals who are going to die eventually decades on death row. It only bothers you, in your own mind. 2,000 to 4,000 death row inmates out of a population of 335 million is not a serious issue. The US has 20,000 homicides a year. Death row is a decades long process. At that low number, it’s not even a deterrent.