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TranscriptAlabama suffocated a man to death in a gas chamber tonight after starving him so he wouldn't choke on his own vomit as they did it. And this was deemed perfectly legal by multiple courts in the vaunted American legal system.

That's what happens when you value institutions over people.

Link for more info: https://www.reuters.com/legal/alabama-prepares-carry-out-first-execution-by-nitrogen-asphyxiation-2024-01-25/

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Glad my state is in the news for something other than cousin fucking.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

but hey, electronic governers for all cars so they can't go more than 10mph over, pastors stealing millions cuz "jbro said so", just to pull evidence from my lemmy front page today.

humanity will never learn to value individuals over institutions and we will never evolve beyond this due to that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

How about we stop killing people that were convicted? Oh wait, it's the USA we're talking about...

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