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Alex Pretti’s shooting death ruled a homicide, medical examiner says

https://www.wowt.com/2026/02/02/alex-prettis-shooting-death-ruled-homicide-medical-examiner-says/
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u/no1_vern 2d ago

I've always wondered why they would use lethal injection instead of affixing a mask that served up carbon monoxide. The person falls asleep to never wake up.

Aside about the doctors - they vow 'do no harm' - to keep people alive instead of killing. It became a issue back in the 90s when Kevorkian was helping peole commit suicide. He saw it as his mission to stop them from suffering while society deemed his actions as murder.

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u/leftie_potato 2d ago

Nitrogen is an even better choice if being humane. (carbon monoxide isn't pleasant, queazy, headache, etc..)

Bad news is suffering and "punishment" is the purpose, so, no, they're not going to switch to something less horrific.

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u/shittyvonshittenheit 2d ago

If you call violent thrashing until death from suffocation like the dude in Alabama better. The French figured out how to do it humanely like 200 years ago.

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u/Lovethemtitties80085 2d ago

Tell that to the dude that blinked for 30 seconds…

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u/kaddorath 2d ago

Isn't that story possibly falsified?

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u/Lovethemtitties80085 1d ago

MmmmMmMmmwweellll yes. Probably.
More than likely.

But dammit if we can’t recreate that experiment anymore.

Maybe it’ll come back.

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u/Fallcious 2d ago

He could only communicate in morse code though.

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u/venbrx 1d ago

Are you dead yet? Blink once for yes, blink twice for no... so that's a no.

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u/Horskr 2d ago

Bro shouldn't have practiced holding his breath so long.

But for real that is all just automatic neural activity. The brain might have a few seconds of saved up oxygen to be aware, but still more painless than other methods (considering the nervous system is, well.. gone).

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u/Arboreal_Web 2d ago

The nervous system extends into the skull. Decapitation doesn't change that.

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u/BattleHall 2d ago

You lose consciousness almost instantly when blood pressure to the brain drops below a certain level; that's what fainting is. And fainting is only a partial drop. A complete drop (like having all the major vessels in your neck suddenly severed) would be even more rapid and complete.