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Nitrogen Gas Execution – Louisiana of USA
March 24 , 2025
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- Louisiana has executed a man using nitrogen gas for the first time.
- This was the state's first execution in 15 years.
- This execution is the second in the United States using this method.
- Nitrogen gas has been used just four other times to execute a person in the United States — all in Alabama.
- Louisiana state has struggled to obtain lethal injection drugs.
- More than 50 inmates remain on Louisiana’s death row.
- The state built a special nitrogen hypoxia facility for future executions.
- Nitrogen hypoxia is an execution method that deprives the inmate of oxygen, leading to death.
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