Death Penalty Opponents Call for Reversal of Arkansas Nitrogen Execution Law | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Activists oppose Arkansas' new nitrogen hypoxia execution law, highlighting concerns about suffering and noting 10 death row inmates filed a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality.
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Death penalty opponents call for reversal of Arkansas nitrogen execution law | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Opponents of capital punishment on Friday called on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to reverse Arkansas' decision to allow nitrogen suffocation as a method of execution, calling the method inhumane and barbaric and asserting that states that have approved the method haven't weighed the consequences.
·Arkansas, United States
Read Full ArticleLocal activists demonstrate how nitrogen gas execution works
Several activists opposed to the death penalty gathered at the chapel inside Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church on Friday morning to show reporters what it feels like to wear the mask commonly used for nitrogen gas executions across the country.
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