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COL Mustard

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2. I have read where the use of CO2
Sat Dec 31, 2022, 09:26 AM
Dec 2022

Would be humane. The condemned is inside a sealed chamber, and carbon dioxide is pumped in. It displaces oxygen and the person essentially just goes to sleep. I don’t know the specifics, and I don’t want to do it myself, but it’s an alternative.


That said, I’ve become almost completely against the death penalty, if for no other reason than you can’t undo it later if you find out you made a mistake.

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