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Alabama Legislature gives final approval to nitrogen execution bill
By montgomeryadvertiser.com- Brian Lyman
Published: 03/21/2018

The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday gave final approval to legislation that would allow condemned inmates to choose execution by nitrogen.

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Trip Pittman, R-Montrose, passed the chamber on a 75 to 23 vote after a very brief floor debate. It goes to Gov. Kay Ivey.

If signed, Alabama would be the third state to employ the method. Oklahoma, which has not executed anyone in three years, plans to use nitrogen hypoxia as its primary method. Mississippi, which once used the gas chamber in executions, offers nitrogen hypoxia as an alternative.

Nitrogen hypoxia involves removing the oxygen from the atmosphere around a condemned inmate, though it is unclear how such an execution would be carried out. Supporters have suggested various methods, ranging from a sealed chamber to a mask placed on a condemned inmate secured in a chair.

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