Because of course people using guillotine pictures mean that literally instead of figuratively.
You might, incidentally, want to read up on the "painless" part of inert gas. Ideally not from pro-death penalty sources but, say, actual, peer-reviewed medical research. I mean remember when lethal injection was the "painless" option?
Yeah. That.
Here, I'll help you along, giving you pointers in the right direction and letting you exercise your research muscles to find the actual studies, etc.
- There was stuff about this in Experimental Physiology in 2024.
- The Journal of the American Medical Association took a hard negative stance on it in 2024.
- There was stuff about this in the Journal of Applied Physiology in 2025.
- The American Veterinary Medical Association outlaws nitrogen euthanasia for animals because it causes suffering. (The context of this is delicious: It's in the Supreme Court's case files.)
But hey, at least the Western New England Law Review agreed with you in 2026. And you know how it goes: if lawyers say it, it must be true, no matter what, you know, actual experts have to say on the topic.