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Jack Kevorkian

American pathologist, euthanasia activist (1928-2011)

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Dec 5, 2025
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Why are executions not done with carbon monoxide? It is painless

Carbon monoxide (CO) has been used historically in executions and mass murder—Germany used bottled CO in extermination centers in 1940 and Nazi gas vans employed CO—so the gas carries heavy ethical an...

Jan 6, 2026

Have any jurisdictions historically used carbon monoxide for executions and what were the outcomes?

Carbon monoxide has been used historically as an execution and mass-killing agent in multiple jurisdictions — from ancient reports of Greek and Roman practice to 20th‑century gas chambers and mobile "...