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Currently, four states -- Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma -- specifically authorize execution by nitrogen hypoxia, according to records compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center.
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arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Currently, four states — Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma — specifically authorize execution by nitrogen hypoxia, according to records compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center.
—CBS News, 18 Mar. 2025
Nitrogen hypoxia is even banned under Louisiana’s state laws for euthanizing pets due to the distress animals experience before their death, according to The Guardian.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The only approved execution methods in Louisiana are nitrogen hypoxia, lethal injection and electrocution.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Currently, four states — Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma — specifically authorize execution by nitrogen hypoxia, according to records compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center.
—CBS News, 18 Mar. 2025
Nitrogen hypoxia is even banned under Louisiana’s state laws for euthanizing pets due to the distress animals experience before their death, according to The Guardian.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The only approved execution methods in Louisiana are nitrogen hypoxia, lethal injection and electrocution.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Hypoxia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypoxia. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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hypoxia
noun
hyp·ox·ia
hip-ˈäk-sē-ə 
hī-ˈpäk-
hī-ˈpäk-
: a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body
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