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Nitrogen Gas for Executions

Two individuals in black suits walk through the entrance of a barbed wire fence. A tan prison is behind the fence.
Closing Argument January 27, 2024
New Execution Methods, Old Problems
What the first execution by nitrogen in the U.S. says about capital punishment.
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A photograph shows barbed wire and a prison tower at Holman Prison at sunset.
Death Sentences January 18, 2024
Vomiting, Seizures, Stroke: What Could Happen in the First Nitrogen Execution in the U.S.
A doctor on what’s new — and what isn’t — about the latest death penalty experiment.
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A 2008 photo of the execution chamber in McAlester, Oklahoma.
News March 15, 2018
Why Oklahoma Plans to Execute People With Nitrogen
The state knows shockingly little about how this would work.
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Analysis April 12, 2016
How the Drug Shortage Has Slowed the Death-Penalty Treadmill
Only 4 states are currently carrying out lethal injections, and 10 are considering other methods.
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Feature June 1, 2015
After Lethal Injection
Three states, three ways to kill a human being.
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