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26 Ιαν 2024 · Why nitrogen gas? Officials started using lethal injection to kill people on death row about 40 years ago, and it’s since become the most widely used execution method across the 27 states where...
21 Ιαν 2024 · Nitrogen, a colorless, odorless gas, makes up 78% of the air inhaled by humans and is harmless when breathed with proper levels of oxygen. The theory behind nitrogen hypoxia is that changing the composition of the air to 100% nitrogen will cause Smith to lose consciousness and then die from lack of oxygen.
23 Σεπ 2022 · What is nitrogen hypoxia? Nitrogen hypoxia is a method of suffocating a person by forcing them to breathe pure nitrogen, starving them of oxygen until they die.
25 Ιαν 2024 · The inmate, Kenneth Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 stabbing murder, will be put to death by inhaling nitrogen gas, a method known as nitrogen hypoxia. Supporters of the method say it is...
26 Ιαν 2024 · Alabama state authorities say breathing a high concentration of nitrogen would cause a person to lose consciousness in seconds and die within minutes. But even a small amount of air leaking into ...
26 Ιαν 2024 · Why have authorities in Alabama used nitrogen gas, and why is it controversial? Kenneth Eugene Smith was originally scheduled to be put to death with lethal drugs in November 2022.
The cause of death in such cases is attributed to asphyxia due to forced depletion of oxygen, a subcategory of a phenomenon dubbed environmental hypoxia. A case of a 26-year-old man who committed suicide by inhaling nitrogen through a plastic bag is reported.
