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Louisiana will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, forging ahead on plans set in motion last spring to carry out death sentences using nitrogen hypoxia.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
Alabama became the first state to use nitrogen hypoxia in January 2024, and three other inmates have since been put to death by the method.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Most die during the ordeal, either from being crushed by retracted landing gear or expiring from hypoxia (lack of oxygen) or hypothermia from the freezing temperatures at cruising altitude.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Grayson had chosen nitrogen hypoxia before a protocol for it was in place.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
Alabama became the first state to use nitrogen hypoxia in January 2024, and three other inmates have since been put to death by the method.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Most die during the ordeal, either from being crushed by retracted landing gear or expiring from hypoxia (lack of oxygen) or hypothermia from the freezing temperatures at cruising altitude.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Grayson had chosen nitrogen hypoxia before a protocol for it was in place.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Hypoxia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypoxia. Accessed 15 Feb. 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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