Prisoner killed in nitrogen gas execution 'used like a guinea pig', says acquitted death row inmate

Nick Yarris, a former death row prisoner, has told Sky News the execution of a man in Alabama with nitrogen gas is "horrifying".
Mr Yarris, who was acquitted of rape and murder after spending 22 years in jail in Pennsylvania, said the prisoner was used "like a guinea pig" in an "experiment".
Convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, 58, became the first inmate to be executed using the gas after the US Supreme Court declined a legal bid to halt his sentence.
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[@JESUS.IS.GOD.777]

Imagine being upset for a murderer and not the innocent life they ruined. Bunch of idiots.

[@kane4013]

In a perfect legal system I think most people would agree that no mercy should be shown. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a perfect system and innocent people do get sentenced to death.

[@popdogfool]

go google about people wrongfully being executed. There shouldn't be a permanant punishment for a less than perfect legal system.

[@JESUS.IS.GOD.777]

@@popdogfool oh really? Kinda like putting the permanent consequences of abortion onto an innocent baby?

[@popdogfool]

@@JESUS.IS.GOD.777 so someone can't be pro life and anti death penalty?

[@CaveRescueMedic]

@@JESUS.IS.GOD.777not even remotely similar.

[@VeronicaMoreno-qd8yh]

*He murdered someone for money. He lived over 30 years longer than the woman he murdered. His last words were non-apologetic victim-playing. I’m sorry, but I’m not concerned.*

[@mfundomkhonta7500]

Bt they found out it was not him who did it after all

[@tbyte007]

​@@mfundomkhonta7500she's talking about the other guy

[@Manu_Lemoine_FR]

It was not the worst crime one could commit! there are much worse in prisons that do not have the death penalty

[@geedee1264]

Plenty of British soldiers murdered people for money and got OBEs for it

[@geedee1264]

Plenty of British soldiers murdered people for money and got OBEs for it

[@jamesbass9797]

What's horrifying is it took 35 years for it to happen.

[@wisdomlounge4452]

And he couldn't figure out how to escape from where he was at, in 35 years - Ain't that something?

[@ladyofthecreek279]

That's a long time for loved ones to remember the innocent woman he murdered. Almost 4 decades of taxpayer money wasted on his care and feeding.

[@erikhartog5340]

@@ladyofthecreek279 The death penalty is more expensive than a long prison sentence, period.

[@icravedeath.1200]

​@@erikhartog5340lots of idiots here pretending that they actually know how any of this works.

[@ilaser4064]

@@erikhartog5340 man I got to start reading comments before replying.

[@Jordan-th6hp]

Hypoxia (when the brain is starved of oxygen) is not a horrifying way to die. Its effects on the human body are documented well. Being stabbed to death on the other hand is indeed horrifying.

[@Cosmic-Spanner]

"The term "physiologically inert" is used to indicate a gas which has no toxic or anesthetic properties and does not act upon the heart or hemoglobin. Instead, the gas acts as a simple diluent to reduce the oxygen concentration "

[@jeronbeo]

No, both are horrifying, being gassed is equivalent to drowning

[@Cosmic-Spanner]

@@jeronbeo Inert gasses don't generally cause a panic reaction, that's why people die of CO poisoning without ever realising it.

[@eagleleft]

It is horrifying

[@ABSG7]

Having a hard time feeling bad for a murderer on death row

[@Manu_Lemoine_FR]

It was not the worst crime one could commit! there are much worse in prisons that do not have the death penalty

[@janisvaskevics93]

​@@Manu_Lemoine_FRi say that copypasters should also be sentenced to capital punishment.

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

They should answer him to prison in Madagascar

[@geedee1264]

I think they found out before any of us were born that capital punishment does not deter violent crime

[@thebandit7623]

Even the innocent ones? Idk that's cold. Next time choose word carefully. So many innocent people have been on death row.

[@starlily3357]

I am so sick of these people forgetting that these murderers didnt have mercy or one care in the world for the victims

[@junetaylor8396]

Yah! Imagine the horror of Smith's victim who took so long to die

[@emilioaymat5651]

But its okay for cops to murder people? I see ur moralistic hypocrisy. And some murders are cases of self-defense.

[@fortheloveofyoganidra]

Amen!

[@MichaelBoyer-lm8bw]

Yeshua said Thou shalt not kill which means Thou shalt not murder so it doesn't matter what somebody does to anybody God said do not murder

[@user-ow1to2rq9h]

I don't think this is accurate. @@MichaelBoyer-lm8bw

[@lindafarnham8994]

These convicts didn’t show any mercy for their victims.

[@jennyplatt3794]

I'm certain that the poor innocent lady who he stabbed to death didn't have a peaceful death so what gives this murderer the right to a peaceful death?

[@tickledeggz]

Its not about the person who is executed, its about society as a whole being better than that person and not naking then suffer the way they made others suffer. It's the difference etween justice and revenge.

[@roddo1955]

The OP. It is no right.its not about him. He has no rights. Its about those who have rights to speak out and ask what is right and what is wrong and how do we put it into law. What society do we want to live in. That's the question.

[@howardosborne8647]

@@tickledeggz Justice and vengeance are very different things.

[@Drank_all_muh-pepsi]

@@tickledeggzsoftie lol

[@user-rn3tv8zj8e]

Compassion I gather is not your strong point

[@dodieweaver8505]

How much mercy did he show his victim?

[@christopherwithers6813]

never mind how the victim suffered

[@Ken-fh4jc]

It’s not about the victim. Nobody is saying he didn’t commit a horrific crime. It’s about us as a society.

[@bobbillings]

@@Ken-fh4jc This is ALL about the victims and their surviving family and their wishes and we as a democratic society who vote time and time again overwhelmingly to support the death penalty. Don't like it, click on the next news story page to find any other ten thousand issues in the world.

[@marymac789]

It is about someone killing someone and then the country turning around and doing exactly the same thing. IF the death penalty actually was a deterrent, there would be no murder committed. Death Penalty does NOT work.@@Ken-fh4jc

[@wisdomlounge4452]

​@@Ken-fh4jc Yeah, true. What happened isn't about the victim or the victim's unaliver. It's about us as a society. What more is there to say about this? It is that it is what it is!

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

This is Sky UK... far left

[@dougdiplacido2406]

The woman fought for her last breath too but she was not a criminal sentenced to death. The news people love all of this drama and they have plenty of adjectives to attach to it.

[@NoMansLand98]

An eye for an eye and the world goes blind...

[@Manu_Lemoine_FR]

no connection! his crime never authorizes torture! or a death like this

[@MacTire-yy9uc]

​​@@NoMansLand98And sit back do nothing and only the evil can see

[@MacTire-yy9uc]

​@@Manu_Lemoine_FRSo what "type" of murder deserves a death sentence that essentially just puts the person to sleep?

[@ishimurabeats6108]

​@@Manu_Lemoine_FRtell this the victims

[@ocmimi66]

Imagine that lady feeling terrified and having unimaginable pain as your being murdered. That's how she felt

[@coffeemaninsanity8596]

The death penalty is very harsh and is only used for people who commit the most heinous of crimes. Society is trying to eliminate any pain or discomfort of being killed. It’s impossible. I feel for his family but when he stabbed his victim to death he wasn’t concerned with her pain and suffering.

[@justinhitchcock-fe9xz]

No they are not !!!

[@gailtoburen6693]

Yes, toughen up people.

[@CrystalCannady-vr9tp]

Absolutely

[@Manu_Lemoine_FR]

It was not the worst crime one could commit! there are much worse in prisons that do not have the death penalty

[@noraheffernan4537]

He was found innocent wasn't he🤔

[@mikerichardson60]

Why do people tend to forget about the true victim? Is it because they're dead and buried and therefore forgotten? I couldn't care less if the condemned suffers during the execution. Does anyone think his victim wasn't suffering and they were innocent.

[@Witcher14]

Exactly x

[@Katfishforrent]

I think many who are opposed, are religious, who believe that it is not for us to take life, and they will get their torment and suffering when they do finally die, and are judged by God. Especially to those who believe in hell. Others who aren't religious, and are still against the death penalty, simply believe that wishing death, misery, suffering, etc . On others, even the criminals. Is being no different than the criminals themselves. Lastly, there are people who against it because of the chance the person is innocent .these are just a few reasons I've heard from many different people over the years. I personally am still undecided, but there are certainly times I felt the dp to be just. At the same time, those could certainly be times where my emotions were clouding my judgement. Where I was just so sickened by the crime, I didn't care what happened to the inmate. Believing they should be punished in the worst ways imaginable. IDK. This is a tough one for me.

[@Serjo777]

Maybe that's precisely the reason why it's a CRIME, which is why the state shouldn't freakin' repeat it?

[@thetest8777]

Because it happen 30 years ago and I wasn't even born 😂

[@NebulaBull]

What EVERY person who has commented about how wrong this is are forgetting the FACT this murderer ASKED for this method of justice.

[@lilvat262]

He had no choice he survived the first attempt with injection he probably didn’t want to survive this time only for them to try it again ? With others different methods

[@tristancooper1442]

Still no excuse.

[@jeffbryan3224]

I think the main thing being forgotten is it's ALABAMA!

[@lilvat262]

@@tristancooper1442 their many murder cases victims even more horrific then this guy so why are they not on death penalty ask yourself the state torturing this man twice why not go through the first time when he half dead already some get out free after 20 years 40 years etc.

[@edwardmal1802]

@@jeffbryan3224 that actually has nothing to do with this?

[@albertafarmer8638]

And who speaks about the poor lady this creep butchered?

[@user-eh3zv1ex5o]

The victim is just a prop on the stage. The Law is a Swamp.....that's obvious. We glorify serial killers, endless documentaries, TV shows, movies. We are one sick Species. Victims ?.....no-one remembers them.

[@furn6341]

This man was jailed 22 years for something he never committed and was on DEATH ROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Never forget that!!!!! NEVER EVER.

[@goutvols103]

He was convicted of theft for stealing the car. He made up the story of who killed Linda Craig. He escaped prison as a drug addict and a snitch convinced the jury that Yarris killed Craig.

[@EgoChip]

It's sad it happens, and I sincerely hope anyone who is innocent gets pardoned before they end up meeting their final end. But NEVER EVER forget that the overwhelming vast majority ARE guilty.

[@devildogcrewchief3335]

The murderer treated their victim like dirt and I'm suppose to feel sorry for this murderer?

[@LJ89X]

I do not feel sorry for Kenneth Smith. The only thing that bothers me about his execution is that taxpayer money was wasted while he was imprisoned for 22 years. Rest in peace. Elizabeth Sennett

[@Gerald-do9yg]

Amen friend, Ckd. Years ago, it was $ 60,000 plus annually to keep someone incarcerated! Imagine what it is now! That is Inhumane!

[@lestercarvin4422]

Imagine the terror his victim suffered. He wasn't murdered

[@bob-zi1eb]

He was murdered by the state. That is a slippery slope.

[@lestercarvin4422]

@@bob-zi1eb No, the Death Penalty is not murder

[@egoeimi3333]

Death penalty is murder

[@roge1567]

Eye for an eye, life for a life. Seems fair to me. ​@@egoeimi3333

[@DanielQuan97]

@@egoeimi3333 Nah, it isn't

[@marvinc9994]

"A lot of people in life don't love themselves" - the words of a VERY wise man, and ones which everyone should heed. Nick is NOT speaking about egotism here (an inflated sense of one's own worth), but - by implication - the fact that SELF-HATRED is a toxin that prevents one from acting in a balanced way throughout this difficult life, and so easily leads to hatred of, and a lack of empathy with, others. A simple, but powerful Truth.

[@teresalockamy6128]

kenneth Smith beat and stabbed a woman to death. She was stabbed 10 times, what about the pain she suffered? He was a cold blooded killer. Something is very wrong when a killer should not suffer after they brutally murder someone!!

[@ColDaxx-ki3ul]

He did suffer. He spent 35 years in jail.

[@GizmoGremlinDog]

​@@ColDaxx-ki3ul 35 years of life that his victim didnt get. That's not suffering

[@xSBAx]

@@ColDaxx-ki3ul he’s still living whilst his victim isn’t 🙄

[@ColDaxx-ki3ul]

Of course spending 35 years in jail is suffering.@@GizmoGremlinDog

[@ColDaxx-ki3ul]

And he's was punished with 35 years in jail. He should have been released, not suffocated to death.@@xSBAx

[@jameslappin9896]

The sympathy for a convicted murderer is quite honestly shocking

[@STdoubleDs]

Haven’t noticed most people have completely lost their minds?

[@lks6248]

@@STdoubleDs, it isn’t most people. As usual it’s just the very loud minority kicking up a fuss and being listened to,

[@deanlowdon8381]

It’s not about that one individual, it’s about the system as a whole…

[@TripleR250]

It's not so much this specific case it's more about it being done to someone who is potentially innocent.

[@Jinnysworld]

BUT - there was question over whether he was actually a Murderer, or just the driver. He was never proven, just convicted, and couldn't afford better representation.... And now, we shall never know. Another human murdered.... and for what. There are so many innocents on Death Row, mostly non-caucasians, who can't afford proper representation to help them prove their innocence, and who will be murdered falsely, by a State who convicted them on hearsay, and doesn't want to admit it's mistake. I worked for a time with Reprieve. The Death Penalty is not just black and white. It is barbaric and inhumane, and 93% of the victims families, who these "convicts" are put to death for, go on to suffer mental health issues, similar to survivors guilt. The Death Penalty is not an answer. It never was.

[@belindabond6670]

Imagine finding your loved one stabbed to death. They suffered beyond belief. No f ing choice for them or murcy for them.

[@nuxkamina]

Did they wait for years first knowing what was coming?

[@shootmcrunfast]

@@nuxkamina No, but that is the nature of the very just punishment here. Remember that criminals are volunteering to be subjected to the punishment they receive, they have the choice not to commit the crime.

[@nuxkamina]

and the choice not to live in that state or country. Very True. @@shootmcrunfast

[@patrickblakethesaint]

What is murcy? Is that trhe flesh eating bacteria?

[@AlbyB]

Her husband paid him to kill her.

[@krazy.klewin3681]

What about the suffering he cuased to his victims and there families. Think of there last moments at this monsters hands.

[@randilamkins5095]

SPELL CHECK FOR GODS SAKE !

[@camaro6810]

Did anyone ask the prisoners victim how they wanted to be killed?

[@MagnumCarta]

Technically the executed inmate specifically asked for nitrogen gas. They didn't get a chance to ask the victim on account of us not having yet made Minority Report a non-fictional story.

[@geedee1264]

No but victims families will often say they'd prefer them to serve a sentence as they don't believe capitol punishment to be justice

[@josephforest7605]

Forget the family and ask the actual person that was murdered .@@geedee1264

[@LLove-th4ju]

Not one word about the man’s victim or her torture when she was murdered. This guy chose his form of execution because he thought it would never have been approved.

[@edwardmyers8782]

Oddly when hangings were a public affair murder was a lot less.

[@andrewmottram1626]

This is a terrible world where people feel sorry for the murderer and not the victim!! What a backwards world we live in

[@spideraxis]

Does this man forget about the heartless crime Smith committed?

[@liberatumplox625]

I think being on death row for years, based on a miscarriage of justice - probably has something to do with his perspective.

[@chele-chele]

He snitched on an innocent man for the rape/murder he was later convicted of, yeah, real stand up guy!@@liberatumplox625

[@Manu_Lemoine_FR]

no one forgets and no one says he was innocent or a bad person, just that his death was cruel and unnecessary after 34 years

[@spideraxis]

@@Manu_Lemoine_FR His crime was cruel and unnecessary also.

[@Witcher14]

Yes , other cons do forget ,

[@janisvaskevics93]

We are going to talk about feelings of a murderer? Common!

[@blove142]

Yes, and his last meal was a steak that he ordered mid rare and it was served medium, how dare they?!!

[@lewiss626]

Just because he held his breath and was clinging on to life doesnt change the fact he commited a horrific crime does it?

[@roineval]

Nor the fact that he has now been the subject of a horrific crime now.

[@ayeright1131]

roineval No he wasn't, he was subject to punishment.

[@xixXxxXxix]

It doesn't, but the point is that there are MANY wrongful convictions like the guy in this video but the majority of them who are sentenced to death actually get killed for something they didn't do. An infuriating thing that there's videos of is that when an innocent person gets to be in the "lucky" statistic that is getting acquitted many of the Police Officers or judges who sent them down with their legitimately shoddy work refuse to apologise or say that they got it wrong

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

@xixXxxXxix Evidence?

[@xixXxxXxix]

@@NoWindNoSunNoPower Google it.. Magic tool, it might catch on.

[@BlueEyes499]

This man is amazing. He’s been put through so much injustice and lost so much of his life for a crime he didn’t commit, yet isn’t bitter and still has empathy for others.

[@user-wq6sz7vt3w]

He’s not the victim!

[@Manu_Lemoine_FR]

the crime took place 35 years ago! he has changed and rehabilitated himself! he is no longer the same man, this execution has no reason to be

[@potatouno]

@@Manu_Lemoine_FR the victim had no chance to change and rehabilitate, and the victim is not here today, and luckily, neither is her killer

[@janeharris5551]

Why are they sympathise for killers what about the victims the torture these killers put them through an eye for an eye

[@Treblaine]

The Marxists also opposed the death penalty as they did not believe in individual responsibility, they derided this as "great man theory" they clung to the idea that people are all just puppets of "society". This killer who stabbed a woman to death cannot really be punished as the way they see it "we live in a society" and it was societal forces that led him to kill, some BS like "he did it for money". They believe in puppets and puppetmasters, they don't hate the puppetmaster they just wish they were the ones pulling the strings. Now Marxists did end up killing a LOT of people and continue to kill people but it wasn't the "puppets" so to speak, it was those who resisted their new puppetmaster. They HAD to go as they were ruining their game, their little play country that's run the way they want.

[@nika300]

We should have sympaty for both. That does not mean the murderer should be free from jail!! In 99,99% cases bad guys are also victims of their own childhood...victim creates another victim. Perhaps if we wouldn't judge so much and try te help each other more this cycle would be broken.

[@killpop8255]

Oh lol. Guy had me the "I just released my new book". Cynical me.

[@geedee1264]

Yeah the twenty years of torture for something he didn't do was a long con

[@aWOKEn1445]

If an eye for an eye were the law, the whole world would be blind. Paraphrasing Ghandi.

[@bobhutton1409]

"Eye for an eye" is part of the Old Testament law. The New Testament speaks of Grace, forgiveness and mercy, which Jesus showed when He died as a sacrifice for the sins of the world and rose again to be our Saviour.

[@aWOKEn1445]

@@bobhutton1409 Exactly. I don't think Jesus would condone capital punishment.

[@hay_Z2021]

@@aWOKEn1445 finally two sensible people in the comments, ty ❤️🙏

[@Lori-cr5ps]

Our system is so flawed. Many people have been executed while they were innocent. We just don't know about it.

[@smokymcpot5917]

Oh well.

[@holycas2949]

“Killer said humanity had taken step backwards” this must be an Onion headline

[@mfundomkhonta7500]

Who did he kill?

[@scottbubb2946]

It's nearly miraculous that he made it out without having some kind of "accident" that would insure his silence.

[@charcolew]

Maybe he took out accident insurance

[@minshum]

*ensure

[@deejayhm]

What are they even talking about?!? Didn’t anyone see him REQUEST Nitrogen ???

[@rudymacias7496]

How about the victim? When did the crime the day care about the victim suffering? I don't think so

[@caroldavis7169]

What about the suffering of the innocent victim, tell them how bad it is to die as a prisoner.

[@nicolehousden8984]

Have y'all forgotten what he did!!???!?? He murdered someone he would not of been in this situation if he didn't kill someone! Why is everyone showing sympathy toward a killer what about the lady he murdered!?

[@SophieHasADagger]

So is there just never an acceptable time to discuss capital punishment and the problem the US has with even being able to carry it out competently in general, let alone discuss it when an execution like this happens? States have been struggling to achieve a “humane” form of execution, or any kind at all, which is why they are seeking new methods. However, we haven’t legislated torture into the sentence. We should not be meting out punishments that the court didn’t assign.

[@Leo-dr4qm]

Your missing the point he was told be quick

[@nicolehousden8984]

@@Leo-dr4qm and ? That's his problem if he held his breath

[@sasantipe]

For a $1000 that's what her life was worth to him but people need to care about him holding his breath he got 30 years

[@tickledeggz]

Its called compassion.

[@syntric]

Not sure I believe all this man is saying, he has a very strange way of thinking

[@KenTrosper]

He didn't care about the suffering his victim went through. I feel no pity for a murderer.

[@dave-d-grunt]

Imagine an anti death penalty saying it wasn’t horrifying. Imagine the horror of the killers victim

[@jamboreetime]

i do not agree with the death penalty. one innocent man sentenced is not a good margin for error. But!!!!

[@billg7813]

Well then should people be locked up at all?

[@voxmomvoxmom3067]

The crime was awful, the punishment was awful.Two wrongs don’t make a right.

[@MissHeird]

In ancient times people were stoned to death or crucified. Just several centuries ago people were tied up and wrapped in bags than thrown into the sea to drown. Beheadings were botched by the executioner when it would take 3 or more blows from his axe to kill the condemned. That Smith "suffered" during his execution is a joke!! His victim being stabbed to death certainly suffered and she committed no crime! There are no wrongs in regard to Smith.

[@AbigailIreland-ph5qj]

That sounds horrific. I used to be anti death penalty but when I hear the details I lose sympathy.

[@FM-jo1jh]

Same!

[@roddo1955]

Penalties aren't given on being sympathetic or not! Law is law

[@Holy.HannaH]

​@@roddo1955if that were true then everyone would receive the same sentences for the same crimes, sympathy in its various forms is why that's not the case.

[@geedee1264]

the last guy to be sentence to death in the UK was Belfast fella wrongly accused of shooting a soldier, he was held and tortured for fifty years , water boarded, battered, had a gun held to his head and told her be shot, was made to sign a false confession, and had to fight for fifty years before they admitted he was innocent and they just had to pick up any guy for the killing to keep the higher ups happy. Had the death penalty not been scrapped, that last man to be sentenced to death would be getting a nice apology and pardon after death

[@robb481]

The guy was on death the murder of a 45 year old woman who he stabbed to death in her home. Something which someone had hired him to do. As far as I'm concerned, he was there by his own hand. That being the case I find it odd that these people seem to be concerned more with his suffering than that of his victim and what he put her through which I imagine was pretty horrifying and painful. The difference between her suffering and his is she didn't choose her fate. He did, for money. What about her Human Rights? He took those away without a 2nd thought. So why should he still have the benefit of Human Rights?

[@v.gopalakrishnan350]

The punishment for the criminals horrifying crime is horrifying to this man! The horror faced by the victims is of no concern to him! How strange!

[@johnflynn5044]

Hes talking about his experience, so we arent talking about a criminal, we are talking about an innocet man so of course hes going to focus on the horror of the convicted person but only in the context of that person being guilty

[@shootmcrunfast]

@@johnflynn5044 He also just so happens to be selling a book that he pimped out several times in this "news item". Very distasteful on his part.

[@jujutrini8412]

Some people can feel empathy for the horror of the victim of the criminal and feel empathy for what he thought to be the horrifying death of the perpetrator. Some people are capable of having complex emotions. Strange, I know.

[@marvinc9994]

"The horror faced by the victims is of no concern to him!" WHERE did he say that?

[@Polentaccio]

Sounds like a BOT comment

[@michaelr.5676]

This guy is a con. Career criminal with countless assaults on cops- and now he's a paid expert. That's rich.

[@user-gl7xm3kf3y]

Yup.

[@colleenpeck6347]

Now a "victim" of the justice system. He's probably on benefits and seeing a psychiatrist for his PTSD!🤧

[@geedee1264]

And that's how they slander innocent people on death row

[@Mimichele1719]

Where is the outcry for the woman he killed? Where were the advocacy sessions for her? For her life?

[@janeh5949]

tom did she get a second chance to get a breath???

[@aWOKEn1445]

Um, murder is never right, whether by a state or an individual.

[@billwhite1603]

I'm wondering about the last minutes of his victim's lives?

[@jamiecurran3544]

This is the new world we're in where good is evil and evil is good SMH!😔🙏

[@theoryofpersonality1420]

Mind your own business

[@wanderingseth]

That's a really silly, fear-based and inaccurate thing to say.

[@IsaacNelson54]

Yes, godless nation. If our leaders turned to the King James Bible and BELIEVED IT AND ACTED ON THEIR BELIEF. This country would go back to the 1700s level of blessing. However, the amount of evil this nation's leaders has committed is too much. We are on a crash course and Americans still will not turn to the Lord Jesus Christ.

[@jamiecurran3544]

@@wanderingseth well we're all entitled to our opinion but I'm sure many will agree!🤔✌️

[@Blissblizzard]

​@@theoryofpersonality1420He is from this galaxy, therefore, it's his business.

[@macielynn7761]

Imagine having your loved one murdered.

[@geedee1264]

the last guy to be sentence to death in the UK was Belfast fella wrongly accused of shooting a soldier, he was held and tortured for fifty years , water boarded, battered, had a gun held to his head and told her be shot, was made to sign a false confession, and had to fight for fifty years before they admitted he was innocent. Naturally, this was NOT all over the English news

[@lifeits3lf]

humanity has taken a step backwards when these horrific crimes are keep happening more frequently and in more horrible ways.

[@caravaggiosaccomplice7841]

This fella has reached a level of enlightenment that's hard for most folks to comprehend.

[@MacTire-yy9uc]

🤦

[@roberthuntley1090]

There have been several industrial/diving fatalities where people unintentionally breathed pure nitrogen, and didn't get any warning symptoms to prompt them to self rescue themselves. The puffing/distress we associate with suffocation is caused by the build up of carbon dioxide in your body (NOT the shortage of oxygen).

[@andrewgray1949]

@roberthuntley1090 - well said There was talk of using the same technique in abattoirs as a gentle and less stressful method. Many people have been killed by carbon monoxide which reduces the oxygen level in much the same way and unconsciousness is usually the first sign... Any distress is from the prisoner knowing what is happening NOT from the actual process

[@anchorread68]

Another way is bloodletting, when blood pressure drops people simply pass out. People understand what it felt to pass out due to low blood pressure, but not of CO or N2 poisoning. eg: "Fatality caused by self-bloodletting in a patient with factitious anemia" -2003, pubmed.

[@andrewgray1949]

@@anchorread68 The point of N2 is that it is a non invasive process - the condemned's previous lethal injection failed as his veins were collapsed. The issue is about a psychological response vs. a physiological one - traumatised by a mask and its meaning, not the actual process. If he were in a hermetically sealed cell and the process were computer controlled to a random time so there was no signal or prior warning, there would be no resistance

[@belindabond6670]

I'm sick of their rights.

[@Serjo777]

I'm

[@Serjo777]

sick

[@Serjo777]

of

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mur

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der

[@AngusAbbott-qf8xm]

He knows what his victim went through 👍🏼

[@gishjalmr5628]

What's horrifying is the murder committed. He was sentenced to death and it was carried out. Nothing in the ruling said he was sentenced to death but would be saved if it wasn't a perfect procedure.

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

What’s the problem?

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

I’m more concerned about Jürgen Klopp. .

[@stequality]

​@@rightherethereeverywhereyou are correct

[@oldmanc2]

He is extraordinarily articulate. Absolutely remarkable interview

[@user-oi4in1cx1f]

He’s just mad bc nitrogen works. Then on top of that he forces making himself a “victim” with everything going on in his life.

[@AHD2105]

And the farmer's are being blamed for their use of nitrogen.

[@tituswillow]

Mad respect. Nick Yaris is an amazing man! Powerful documentary. I don’t actually agree with the death penalty for a various reasons. I don’t agree with using this guy as a guinea pig, however; it is also difficult to feel bad for his experience being what he did to get him there. Conflicted

[@user-hq5ub1gm3s]

Clinging to his last few moments of life? Oh like his victims ? How tragic. Give me a break.

[@JackWestrop]

For sure - but from this man's perspective, he was found guilty of a crime he didn't commit. This is perhaps a different lens to re-watch this video with.

[@chele-chele]

Yeah, a real tear jerker I know...

[@Treblaine]

He makes a really convincing argument against the lethal injection that they should have gone directly to nitrogen hypoxia. It's no experiment, everyone knew exactly what would happen when breathing saturated nitrogen, it's well known from industrial accidents exactly what the effect is.

[@hiramabiff2017]

"GET IT RIGHT " !!! Nick Yarris got off on a technicality and lost evidence not because he was Innocent. Kennith Smith " hired killer, was sentenced to death because of the horrific nature and suffering of his victim Elizabeth Sennett at his hands. If he suffered for 20mns in agony it would be nowhere near enough justice for his crime and the devastation he left behind for her family.

[@colleenpeck6347]

Agree. The man being gased was a hired hit man who killed a preacher's wife in her own home. Where was his compassion for her not suffering? 🤧

[@carolmay6812]

"Nick Yarris got off on a technicality" - not true. He was exonerated when it was found the DNA evidence on which he was convicted all came from another man.

[@waynejfoster9860]

Hear hear

[@Rita-yw2tn]

Exactly !!!

[@jerfacekilla]

Technicality?? He was found innocent when they did a DNA test 20 years later and found that the DNA matched two other men and not Yarris. Geezus christ.

[@alvieteal4980]

The death penalty is not a deterrent. It is justice there’s a big difference.

[@finnishyank7413]

How many innocent people have murdered via the death penalty.

[@tropicvibe]

@@finnishyank7413 Don't be dense before u make me tell u sumthin in your face.....we're not talking about executing just anyone, we're talking about self-confessed, caught red-handed, undeniable dna, guilty beyond a shadow of doubt, cold blooded murderers who kill their screaming victims. My little brother died because of such a miscreant over 10 yrs ago and i would've happily taken care of it myself....go ahead and say something else to me

[@vihtoripuurola3775]

Exactly. No has has ever been sentenced to a deterrent. Punishment is just that.

[@lonesomefencesitter3186]

As someone living in South East Asia, where smuggling drug can be sentenced by death, I disagree. It is both justice and deterrent.

[@julianaylor4351]

Justice and revenge are not the same thing, those who think they are, are misreading the Bible. God is merciful, people aren't.

[@tunemaking]

If the death penalty is to be used, why perhaps could they not use carbon monoxide I wonder?

[@modelrailwaynoob]

How can, presumably trained reporters be this bad.

[@user-eh3zv1ex5o]

WOKE narratives...it's a 21st Century thing. Basically, everything's upside down.

[@user-qi1sh4dz1v]

Imagine being stabbed to death over and over.

[@denisem1080]

No kidding 20 times He got off lucky

[@jamesgeorge4874]

Good. Punishment for murder _should_ be horrifying!

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

What in hell is wrong with merca?

[@itsteethomas]

It's crazy how everyone is missing the point. The point is larger than this one prisoner. If an innocent person is executed utilizing this method, it could be unjustly torturous. THIS is why they have to make this right. MANY innocent people have been executed. Any one of us could be wrongly accused and end up in a similar situation. Y'all are too busy focusing your emotions on this vile individual.

[@valerierodger]

No, what’s crazy is that is not the point being made. They are focusing on the feelings of the experience, on the method of execution. They are invoking emotions rather than making a logical argument about the failings of the criminal justice system.

[@walkerbrierley4789]

Chair for the UK

[@paulduffy5746]

Life is about choices, he made his.

[@user-fx8kx8sv7s]

What about the lady he murdered? This is ridiculous 😮

[@astra-rb6sz]

Then he should not have killed then .

[@colleenpeck6347]

The murderer covered waffles with A1 sauce and ate them prior to attempting to get an IV in.He purposely dehydrated himself so that they wouldn't be able to get an IV in. He sabatoged his last death sentence. Taking no chances this time!🤧

[@philphil4042]

Death penalty doesn't mean to execute without dignity.

[@brandy8082]

It was horrible for his victim as well im sure

[@jcho806]

70 percent of air is nitrogen, so they just gave him air w/o oxygen

[@kurtmanning2667]

This is why when my life is going bad, I see this and I keep fighting

[@Tboyhoot777]

@@MelBelle55And then we die and then the JUDGEMENT!!! READY THE BIBLE!

[@fingerprint5511]

​@@Tboyhoot777 foolish.

[@lazeppelini123]

See what exactly?

[@GIBBO4182]

This guy is not by any means an expert on the actual medical facts

[@sparks1792]

They never said he was.

[@GIBBO4182]

@@sparks1792but they are asking him about it…his *opinion* has no more relevance than yours or mine when it comes down to the procedure

[@kathrynbeetham5308]

​@@GIBBO4182 it's not a proceedure, it's the state murder of a human being. It's not justice, it's revenge and its barbaric.

[@Forbiddenjadetheonly]

It's not barbaric at all to protect citizens, sane human beings from psychopaths who are shaped like human beings, but are not human to others. There must be some line drawn, to protect a large majority. I understand your sentiment but think of all other people who could have suffered atrocious death by hand of that criminal. ​@@kathrynbeetham5308

[@zerofox7347]

The medical facts? What medical facts? It's murder.

[@woopteedeewoopteedye]

Even more horrifying was how his victim died.

[@MoonlightForest]

Nick is such a beautiful human bring. He’s so aware of what life is, what it’s about and what’s truly important. To have such understanding after years of psychological and physical abuse is just incredible.

[@williamprice3929]

1:55 What the hell was that cryon saying, "Killer says humanity takes a step backwards." That guy was aquited of murder; if I was him, I'd sue your asses for defamation.

[@dyanshane]

All he did was hold his breath. He was struggling to not breathe. These guys totally dehydrate there selves. This is BS, hypoxia is so easy.

[@MacRaeB_Rh_Neg]

If this man was the victims son would he be there justifying cruelty against a murderer??? Their victims had no choice on how their lives were taken and they should have right of how their lives are taken !!!!

[@gilsgal6094]

So now, we should be concerned how a person getting ready to be executed is "suffering " because the needle or the gas is too painful?? Oh really?? So the poor individual who was outright murdered didn't feel any pain or horror while their life was being unjustly stolen? Tell me..make some sense out of this to me.

[@MrManerd]

I don't believe it for a second. In September of 2007, 25 miles off the coast of East Yorkshire, 3 sailors aboard the ship Viking Islay died trying to perform maintenance on an anchor chain because the chamber it was contained in had no oxygen on account of it all becoming rust on the chain and chamber walls. Their tragic deaths were described as though someone flipped a switch that caused them to go from alive one second and peacefully unconscious the next. Nobody described any thrashing or convulsing. I'm not saying this witness was lying, I'm saying the state botched it up somehow. Maybe some oxygen was allowed in by mistake, maybe the gas that they pumped in the room wasn't pure nitrogen, I don't know. But I do know the method is sound, the problem can only exist with the implementation. I've wanted this method to be available to the public for if I ever get inoperable cancer.

[@VulpesVvardenfell]

Yeah, I find the convulsions to be really odd. My first thought was that something must have gone wrong. It's not like nitrogen asphyxiation hasn't been used on animals either, so we know it shouldn't induce convulsions or thrashing around. I can only assume that somehow C02 was building up in his system when it shouldn't have and it was causing panic - which defeats the whole purpose of using nitrogen asphyxiation in the first place. What a mess.

[@Hereford1642]

@@VulpesVvardenfell I think the difference could simply be that this man knew what was coming whereas the animals and unsuspecting humans did not.

[@VulpesVvardenfell]

@@Hereford1642 Yeah, that very well could be the case.

[@RascalMcBants]

Funky Town is horrifying. This guy is getting off easy.

[@henm4975]

1st rule of funky town is, we dont talk about funky town

[@marcelalopes5088]

What u guys talking about?

[@RascalMcBants]

@@marcelalopes5088 Funky Town Gore, a cartel torture/execution video. There are at least a couple of good KZbin videos describing what happens and possible reasons why. Even the description is really bad and definitely NSFW, let alone the video itself.

[@marcelalopes5088]

@@RascalMcBants oh now I get It thanks!

[@jackiebayliss]

​@@marcelalopes5088Don't watch funky town.

[@dmam58]

What an incredible story. I wish Nick ALL the best things he deserves in life.

[@Malenasib]

This man is defending a criminal, a murderer, I am not sorry, not emphaty for the murderer!!

[@linstaley9683]

Are we supposed to feel bad for them? I bet they didn't feel at all bad for their victims.