In 2022, convict Kenneth Eugene Smith was saved because none of his veins were visible enough to inject a lethal substance.
His tormentors tried everything for several hours, until he was placed upside down.
This Thursday, January 25 or this Friday at the latest, the 58-year-old prisoner must be executed in Alabama (United States) by nitrogen inhalation, a technique used for the first time but denounced by humanitarian organizations.
And which refers to the impossibility of causing death in a “clean” way.
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A clarification is necessary from the outset: we are not talking here about debates on euthanasia and end of life in the event of serious illness, but rather about death sentences, still possible in around twenty American states.
Twenty-four people were executed across the Atlantic in 2023, a number stable for around ten years but lower than at the end of the 20th century (up to 98 executions in 1999), according to Death Penalty Information Center.
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