# how does nitrogen gas execution work

Execution by gas has a brutal 100-year history. Now it’s back. » On Thursday, an Alabama man faces execution by nitrogen gas—the first U.S. execution by gas in a quarter-century, 100 years after the practice began. Washingtonpost.com

Inmate asks court to block second nitrogen execution in Alabama » Lawyers for an Alabama inmate have asked a judge to block the nation’s second scheduled execution using nitrogen gas, citing what happened at the first. Apnews.com

Death Penalty Information Center » The Center also produces groundbreaking reports on various issues related to the death penalty such as arbitrariness, costs, innocence, and race. Deathpenaltyinfo.org

Past to Present: 100 Years Since the United States’ First Lethal Gas Execution, a Recently Renewed Practice » The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information about capital punishment.… Deathpenaltyinfo.org

The Bends » The Bends is an illness that arises from the rapid release of nitrogen gas from the bloodstream and other tissues when a diver ascends to the surface of the ocean to rapidly. It is also referred to … Chem.libretexts.org