Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen

    • @derf82@lemmy.world
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      21 year ago

      Because they are carrying out a judgement. We don’t toss prison guards in jail for false imprisonment. We don’t send IRS agents to jail for theft.

      • Flying Squid
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        51 year ago

        Lots of people carry out a judgment when they kill someone. They just don’t get to do it legally.

          • Flying Squid
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            51 year ago

            No. It’s killing people either way.

            Do they survive in either? Did they die of some natural disaster or disease? No. They were killed. I don’t even know why you think this is arguable unless you don’t know what ‘killed’ means.

              • Flying Squid
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                31 year ago

                That has nothing to do with what I said in the first place. Whether it’s legal or not, someone killed that person. Again, I’m not sure why you’re disputing the fact that someone killed them. Do you really think ‘killed’ doesn’t apply if it’s legal? ‘Killed’ is not a legal term. You know that, right?