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US execution methods

The United States authorizes several execution methods, including lethal injection, electrocution, gas chamber, firing squad, hanging, and nitrogen hypoxia, with lethal injection being the primary method and gas chamber executions being largely dormant due to historical abuse and botched executions.

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Jan 27, 2026
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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...

Jan 28, 2026
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Which states currently authorize nitrogen hypoxia and what has been the experience implementing it?

, and are the core states on record that have authorized as an execution method, and several others — including and — have added statutory or protocol language or moved toward implementation; Alabama ...

Jan 28, 2026

Was pretty executed

There is no evidence in the supplied reporting that anyone named “Pretty” was executed; the documents provided concern legal definitions of “” in contracts and sentencing/execution scheduling rules, n...

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