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Nitrogen Hypoxia

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Alabama Executes Anthony Todd Boyd by Nitrogen Gas After Supreme Court Denies Final Appeal

A three-justice Supreme Court dissent warned the nitrogen method inflicts torturous, conscious suffocation.

Alabama Set to Execute Geoffrey Todd West by Nitrogen as Victim’s Son Seeks Clemency

Alabama Sets Late-October Execution for Anthony Boyd Using Nitrogen Gas

Alabama Executes Gregory Hunt by Nitrogen Gas for 1988 Murder