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Gregory Hunt, Alabama Alabama inmate Gregory Hunt, 65, is scheduled to die by nitrogen hypoxia on Tuesday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced in May.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2025
Last year, the court declined to intervene in the nation's first nitrogen hypoxia execution, in Alabama.
—arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The big picture: State officials plan to execute Hoffman by nitrogen hypoxia, making Louisiana only the second state in the nation to use the method.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
Last year, Alabama became the first state to execute a prisoner using another alternative to lethal injection, nitrogen hypoxia.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2025
Last year, the court declined to intervene in the nation's first nitrogen hypoxia execution, in Alabama.
—arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The big picture: State officials plan to execute Hoffman by nitrogen hypoxia, making Louisiana only the second state in the nation to use the method.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
Last year, Alabama became the first state to execute a prisoner using another alternative to lethal injection, nitrogen hypoxia.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Hypoxia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypoxia. Accessed 18 Jun. 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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