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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Abe Asher

Alabama weighs controversial new execution method

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Alabama is preparing to potentially become the first state in the country to execute a person using nitrogen hypoxia as early as next week.

The state approved the controversial method for killing death row inmates back in 2018, when Gov Kay Ivey signed a law giving death row inmates a choice of whether to die by nitrogen hypoxia or lethal injection.

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