nitrogen hypoxia

Have you heard that America has twenty times the homicide rate of Japan?  Have you heard why that is?  You have probably been told it’s because there are so few guns there. 
That’s not it at all.  There are cultural differences which are significant.  But there are differences in their criminal justice system which are huge.  One of those differences is capital punishment.
The Japanese like the feeling of safety they enjoy in their country.  The majority also support capital punishment.
Is the execution of a criminal abhorrent?  Yes.
Murder is worse.

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Vince McMahon left the WWE after a former employee accused him of sexual assault and sex trafficking in a new federal lawsuit. 

The details of some sexual encounters between her, McMahon and other WWE employees are very disturbing, and have allegedly left the victim with trauma so bad that she can't leave her house for weeks at a time. 

McMahon has denied all the allegations. 

Also:

The state of Alabama used a controversial method to execute an inmate that has never been used before, leaving some to believe that it was cruel human experimentation; and

A jury finds that Donald Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll over $83 million as part of a defamation lawsuit she filed against him. 

Resources: 

Vince McMahon: 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wwe-founder-vince-mcmahon-resigns-ex-employee-accuses-lawsuit-sexual-a-rcna135981 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2024/01/27/vince-mcmahon-wwe-resigns/ 

Alabama execution: 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/01/25/alabama-execution-nitrogen-gas-kenneth-smith/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/us/nitrogen-gas-execution/index.html 

On November 17, 2022, Kenneth Smith became the second living person in the US to survive an attempted execution. This Friday, he will face death again via a method that has never been used in a US execution: nitrogen hypoxia.