In Alabama, an inmate on death row is about to be the first person executed by a new, untested method — nitrogen gas. It is controversial and potentially opens a new frontier on how states execute death row prisoners despite concerns by death penalty opponents. Eric Sorensen explains why this method is being used and why critics are so opposed to it.
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