“Kenny just began to gasp for air repeatedly and the execution took about 25 minutes total.”

Pretty compassionate way to kill a person.

Once again, the Law in the south is brutal.

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    Seems to really stretch the term “humane” thin. There are a dozen simple examples that poke holes in this wide net. What about killing someone who is willing to die trying kill you? What about someone currently on a suicidal killing spree (as happens once a day at a school)? What about the millions of animals raised for slaughter everyday? All that is the same category as a painless dispatch and a torturous murder?

    Being humane is about how you do something given the choice. It has nothing to do about the absolute action.

    Please read Consider the Lobster.

    https://faculty.etsu.edu/odonnell/readings/lobster_dfwallace.pdf