The debate over capital punishment is taking an interesting turn in Alabama this month and it may turn out to be a moment where those of us who don’t oppose the death penalty ask, ‘How did we not think of this before?’ Many states are having trouble obtaining the required cocktail of drugs to use in lethal injection cases because of activists in the pharmaceutical industry. States have abandoned both the electric chair and the gas chamber as being too “barbaric.” Firing squads still work and are available in some states, but many people similarly find them offputting. But now Alabama is looking at carrying out its next execution using nitrogen hypoxia. (Associated Press)Read More
Execution by nitrogen hypoxia?
