Kenneth Smith, 58, is facing execution by an untested method that has never before been used in capital punishment in the US. It’s a technique that has been rejected on ethical grounds by veterinarians for the euthanasia of most animals other than pigs: death by nitrogen gas.

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    11 months ago

    That’s where the ‘test for purity’ comes in. I was thinking just pure fentanyl. I’m sure they seize some diverted pharmaceutical products. Or, they could just make their own… if a cartel can do it, a state government could.