Nitrogen Gas Executions Approved By Oklahoma House

The House voted 85-10 for the bill by Oklahoma City Republican Rep. Mike Christian, who began studying alternative methods after a botched lethal injection in the spring that led the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of Oklahoma's current three-drug method. Under the bill, lethal injection would remain the state's first method of execution, but nitrogen gas would be used if it were declared unconstitutional or if the drugs became unavailable. No state has ever used nitrogen gas or inert gas hypoxia to execute an inmate, and there has not been any reported use of the method in other countries, according to Amnesty International's most recent report on the death penalty internationally. Oklahoma officials concede midazolam is not the preferred drug for executions, but death penalty states have been forced to explore alternatives as manufacturers of more effective drugs refuse to sell them for use in lethal injections.

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