Alabama preparing to use untried execution method nitrogen hypoxia on death row prisoner – By Faye Brown (Sky News) / Sept 14, 2022
Nitrogen hypoxia is a proposed execution method that would cause death by forcing prisoners to breathe only nitrogen, depriving them of the oxygen needed to maintain bodily functions.
A prisoner on death row in Alabama could be executed next week using a new, untried method that deprives the body of oxygen.
James Houts, a deputy state attorney general, told a federal judge that it is “very likely” nitrogen hypoxia could be available for Alan Miller’s execution next week.
The technique was approved by the state in 2018, but it has never been used or tested.
It would cause death by forcing the inmate to breathe only nitrogen, depriving them of the oxygen needed to maintain bodily functions.
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