Suffocation by Design: The Final Breaths of America's Newest Execution Method

When Alabama carried out the first execution by nitrogen hypoxia in January 2024, officials promised the public a humane, painless death.Jeff Hood was in the execution chamber. A priest who has accompanied condemned men to their final moments, Hood witnessed the nation's newest method of execution firsthand. What he saw—and what he documents here—stands in stark contrast to the assurances offered ...