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An American prisoner will be executed this Wednesday in Alabama, USA, using nitrogen gas, a method that is used “to kill pigs” and causes great suffering to prisoners,
An American prisoner will be executed this Wednesday in Alabama, USA, using nitrogen gas, a method that is used “to kill pigs” and causes great suffering to prisoners, Mario Marazziti, co-founder of the Global Coalition Against the Death Penalty, announced today in Rome.
Alabama plans to execute Kenneth Eugene Smithsentenced to death for murder over three decades using nitrogen gas, an asphyxiation method never before used and widespread in the sacrifice of animals for human consumption.
“The world cannot allow people to be killed in such a barbaric way,” Marazziti, one of the founders of the organization that campaigns to stop crime, told EFE. the death penalty in the world and a member of the Catholic social movement San Egidio, after proposing a press conference in Rome to denounce the situation.
Smith, 58, is the second American prisoner to leave prison alive. execution chamberas the executioner spent “more than 4 hours trying” to find the correct vein to administer the lethal injection, but was unsuccessful.
If the execution takes place, the prisoner will only have to breathe nitrogen gaswhich will deprive his brain and other tissues of oxygen, leading to his death – a method that UN experts say could cause great suffering to the prisoner.
“The veterinarians don’t want this. method used to kill animals“, although today it is used “specifically for pigs, with preliminary sedation,” which, as an anti-death penalty activist assured, would not be used on an American prisoner.
Smith’s lawyers filed a lawsuit claiming that their client was also going to be used as a guinea pig to test this for the first time. execution formauthorized in 2018.
Implementation The use of nitrogen gas is a response to difficulties in obtaining drugs contained in lethal injection states that still retain the death penalty due to the refusal of pharmaceutical companies to allow their use for this purpose.
Despite ongoing legal disputes, Alabama officials have been working for years on a protocol for carrying out executions with this new method, which the statement said is “the one that produces the fewest number of executions.” suffering” of prisoners.
“This is a complete lie because it has not yet been proven,” said Marazziti, who asked to avoid “global shame” with the execution.
Currently, only three of the 27 states that support death sentenceOklahoma, Mississippi and Alabama allow the use of nitrogen gas for executions.
The San Egidio community, known for its role in mediating conflicts, has also asked the Italian government to “boycott” Alabama authorities, preventing both tourism and investment in the state.
With less than 48 hours until Kenneth Smith’s execution, Marazziti hopes that “global pressure” on Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey will prevent the death of an inmate and she can work it out until “the execution of Kenneth Smith occurs.” last moment” before it happens.
“Silence about this execution is ineffective because it inhuman“added co-founder World Coalition Against the Death Penaltywho claimed to be fighting a “battle between the culture of life and death.”
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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