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Eighth Amendment Challenges

The challenges to the use of nitrogen hypoxia and firing squads as methods of execution in the United States, based on the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.

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How have other states implemented nitrogen hypoxia or firing squad executions, and what legal challenges have followed?

Several U.S. states have recently adopted or proposed and executions as alternatives to amid drug shortages and litigation; and have used nitrogen hypoxia, while multiple states authorize firing squad...