Framed as scientifically and ethically indefensible
The article centers on the prolonged suffering associated with nitrogen gas, citing a 3-minute period of 'severe air hunger' and comparisons to inhumane animal practices.
“After a three-day bench trial this spring on the constitutionality of nitrogen gas – the first in the nation – a federal judge in Alabama found that the person being executed “experiences severe air hunger and corresponding emotional distress, anxiety, physiological stress, and physical discomfort.””
