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Wounded Bear

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3. Asphixiation is not poisoning...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2025, 07:23 PM

May 9

Nitrogen gas makes up 75% of the atmosphere, you inhale it with every breath.

Yeah, it's a legal hair splitting distinction, but that is what lawyers do.

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Nitrogen gas that suffocated TimkenSteel security guard was 'non-toxic,' Ohio Supreme Court rules [View all] Nevilledog May 9 OP

If nitrogen is so nontoxic, why are Repug controlled states trying to use it for capital punishment? RockRaven May 9 #1

This falls under arguments that only a lawyer would make. Water is also non-toxic, but it can be a drowning hazard. Eugene May 9 #2

Asphixiation is not poisoning... Wounded Bear May 9 #3

Nice precedent. taxi May 9 #4

I guess these asshat judges have never heard of the LD-50 count sakabatou May 9 #5

It wasn't the bullet that killed him. It was the bleeding. Midnight Writer May 9 #6

I would probably have ruled different - but it is not as outrageous as the summaries make it seem. Ms. Toad May 9 #7