Well, him holding his breath is a choice he made. I'm not sure that was a process error, or anything that could have been prevented except to sedate him as the other poster suggested.

I'm not condoning it or justifying anything, I'm just pointing out a fact. He wasn't getting out of that chair alive, he chose to do a thing that would prolong his life (and by consequence, create significant suffering), all for a few more minutes of existence.

Again, I'm not in favor of this or any kind of capital punishment personally. I just see the rationale from all sides and I can make an unbiased observation from the information. That doesn't and shouldn't imply that I agree with the rationale or that I condone it, I just understand it.

If people must be executed, nitrogen hypoxia is one of the least painful and most humane ways to go about it IMO. I'd rather they just were not executed, but even my opinion on that can vary; it really depends on the crime and the proof available. But I won't open that can of worms any further than it already is. It's an entirely different discussion not relevant to the matter being discussed.

I feel bad for this guy, he suffered unnecessarily partly due to his own actions, and partly due to the ineptitude of the people administrating the execution. The method of execution is valid when performed correctly (again, if they must execute, this is a valid course in my mind on that... Their reasoning in giving someone that sentence of execution is up for debate). Nobody deserves to die in pain, as far as I'm concerned. People do, every day, but they shouldn't have to. I don't care who they are or what they've done or anything. If someone is dying, they shouldn't have their last moments be excruciating pain. We, as a society, should be doing everything we can to prevent that. In some cases it's unavoidable, like accidents and such, but in every case where we can let someone die peacefully and painlessly, we should be doing that.

I'm different. I don't see death the same way as most people. Death is the inevitable conclusion to life. It will happen. Being able to die without pain is something I believe in, and everyone should have the right to live until they naturally reach death. I believe in medically assisted suicide, that an individual should have the right to die, and that shouldn't be something that anyone can take away from them. For me it goes hand in hand with bodily autonomy; the right to choose what happens to your body (both in life and death).

There's a lot more to the discussion than just what specific thing happened during this one person's execution. I don't really feel good about anything that happened with this individual's execution. I think the idea of execution by nitrogen hypoxia is better than other methods, but there's still a lot of problems, both with how things are done and why. It merits more discussion in governments at all levels. I don't claim to represent the majority, but I still think there should be more discussion so that these issues can be agreed upon by the majority. I don't think that discussion has ended, and certainly there's a lot of opinions on it, so I don't think the issue is resolved by any stretch of the imagination.