{"id":153885,"date":"2018-02-22T22:07:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T03:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=153885"},"modified":"2025-01-07T17:59:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T22:59:30","slug":"alabama-senate-votes-to-allow-execution-by-nitrogen-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/22\/alabama-senate-votes-to-allow-execution-by-nitrogen-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Senate votes to allow execution by nitrogen gas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: The former gas chamber at New Mexico State Penitentiary, used only once in 1960 and later replaced by lethal injection (Photo By Shelka04 at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama on Thursday moved closer to approving the use of nitrogen gas in executions, a method that has never been used to carry out a death sentence.<\/p>\n

The Alabama Senate voted 29-0 for the bill that permits execution by nitrogen hypoxia if lethal injection drugs are unavailable or are ruled unconstitutional. The proposal now moves to the Alabama House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

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State Sen. Trip Pittman, the Republican lawmaker sponsoring the bill, said Alabama needs an alternative method of execution as lethal injection face legal challenges.<\/p>\n

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Pittman said he believed the method could be more humane, likening it to how aircraft passengers lose consciousness if the plane depressurizes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a very humane way to carry out a serious sentence of death, which I believe is a deterrent to people committing crime,\u201d Pittman, a Republican from Montrose, said.<\/p>\n

Under the Alabama bill, inmates could also choose to have their execution carried out by nitrogen hypoxia.<\/p>\n

The Death Penalty Information Center says no state has used nitrogen gas in an execution.<\/p>\n

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Two states– Oklahoma and Mississippi — have voted to authorize the use of the gas as a backup method.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo state allows execution by nitrogen gas without a prior judicial declaration that other methods are unconstitutional or a judicial finding that the drugs for lethal injection are unavailable. Since no court in either state has made such a determination, neither state is allowed to carry out executions with any back-up method,\u201d Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, wrote in an email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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