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What's up with the title's editorialization? The original title is “South Carolina executes convicted murderer by firing squad”
by littlestymaar 2y ago
What's up with the title's editorialization? The original title is “South Carolina executes convicted murderer by firing squad”
- andai 2y ago...by his choice, which is the really interesting part.
- forthac 2y agoThey gave him three options though and chose this out of fear that the other methods would essentially torture him. The only humane form of execution (if there is such a thing) is nitrogen asphyxiation, with the long drop being second in my opinion.
- manarth 2y ago> "The only humane form of execution…is nitrogen asphyxiation" Alabama executed a man with nitrogen in January 2025. > "Despite state claims that it would be a painless death, witnesses reported Mr. Smith shook, convulsed, writhed, and gasped for minutes until he was pronounced dead at least 22 minutes after the execution began, though just how long it took is unknown since Alabama closed the execution curtain before the official time of death." https://www.aclu.org/news/capital-punishment/alabama-has-executed-a-man-with-nitrogen-gas-despite-jurys-life-verdict https://www.aclu.org/news/capital-punishment/alabama-has-exe...
- littlestymaar 2y ago> The only humane form of execution (if there is such a thing) is nitrogen asphyxiation, It was the original argument for the guillotine (which have been in use in France until the abolition of death penalty), but it didn't account for malfunctions which could get very dirty very fast …
- bigs 2y ago…does he think it’s “safer”?
- dang 2y agoArguably the rewritten title is marginally less baity, in which case it would be ok according to the rule: "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html