• MoistOwlette@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    shieeeet if i was on death row, and i had a choice, i;d take the firing squad over lethal injection any day.

    in case y’all didn’t know lethal injection is a cocktail of 3 different drugs that were never approved by any doctor, the whole “do no harm” bit. typically its a sedative, a paralytic, and a potassium shot to seal the deal. there have been cases where people are alive and but paralyzed for way too long while the potassium is slowly and agonizingly killing then

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      19 hours ago

      Getting shot by multiple people in the chest and stomach isn’t going to be any more painless.

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        15 hours ago

        Death by potassium overdose causes runaway cell death. When a cell dies and ruptures it releases potassium which then ruptures and kills other cells.

        Essentially, melting your flesh off your body from the inside.

        I’ll take getting shot, thanks.

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        18 hours ago

        still id rather get shot, and die of shock and blood-loss in under a minute then be paralyzed and in agony for a half hour. Lethal injection may look more humane, but appearances are deceiving, with a firing squad what you see is what you get, multiple rifle rounds turning your organs into slush.

        Edit: 3 hours of them trying to administer the lethal injection https://www.the-sun.com/news/6015918/joe-nathan-james-jr-longest-lethal-injection/