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Politics● LowSep 28 · Sep 28, 2026, 3:00 PM

States should not blindly Alabama’s use of execution by nitrogen

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

History suggests that once one state adopts a new execution method, other states are certain to follow. That explains why Louisiana wants to imitate Alabama’s embrace of nitrogen hypoxia — even though the latter has yet to get it right.

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