In the United States, a federal judge bans nitrogen inhalation as execution method

A U.S. federal judge banned nitrogen inhalation as a capital execution method, finding it constitutes a form of cruel punishment.

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This decision comes amid ethical and legal debate over execution methods in the United States.

The judge found that this procedure exposes condemned individuals to inhuman suffering.

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