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Execution Methods Debate

Debate over the use of firing squads and nitrogen hypoxia as execution methods.

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Jan 27, 2026
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https://factually.co/fact-checks /justice/indiana-2025-2026-bills -execution-methods-ffc46c

lawmakers introduced that would expand execution methods beyond the state’s current sole option, lethal injection, to include (nitrogen gas), with Senate Bill 11 and House Bill 1119 central to the pus...

Feb 2, 2026

Is this statement true: Indiana passed House Bill 1119 which allows for lethal gas chambers and firing squads.

The claim that “ passed House Bill 1119 which allows for lethal gas chambers and s” is not supported by the available reporting: was introduced to add firing squads and as execution options but was am...