Oklahoma to execute inmates with nitrogen gas

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Oklahoma plans to use nitrogen gas to execute death row prisoners, though the details of the procedure have yet to be finalized.


The state plans to use the gas to induce nitrogen hypoxia, a fatal state where the brain and body are deprived of oxygen.


According to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, 78% of the air humans breathe contain nitrogen. The lower the oxygen content, the deadlier nitrogen becomes. As the oxygen content lowers to 16%, the brain tells the body to breathe faster and deeper. Anything below 10% oxygen content can be fatal.


Speaking to Reuters, the Death Penalty Information Center said it would take 7 minutes for a 32-kg pig to die from nitrogen hypoxia. Other countries known to use gas during executions were Nazi Germany, North Korea and the USSR.


RUNDOWN SHOWS:
1. Depiction of nitrogen hypoxia
2. Depiction of regular oxygen and nitrogen content in air
3. Depiction of nitrogen impact on the body as oxygen content lowers
4. Depiction of time it take for a pig to die via nitrogen hypoxia


VOICEOVER (in English):


"Oklahoma plans to use nitrogen gas to induce hypoxia in prisoners awaiting execution, though the details of the procedure have yet to be finalized."


"Hypoxia is a fatal state where the brain and body are deprived of oxygen."


"According to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, 78% of the air humans breathe contain nitrogen."


"The lower the oxygen content, the deadlier nitrogen becomes."


"As the oxygen content lowers to 16%, the brain tells the body to breathe faster and deeper."


"Anything below 10% oxygen content can be fatal."


"Speaking to Reuters, the Death Penalty Information Center said it would take 7 minutes for a 32-kg pig to die from nitrogen hypoxia."


SOURCES: Reuters, U.S. Chemical Safety Board, Death Penalty Information Center,
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ok...
http://www.csb.gov/assets/1/19/Nitrog...
http://www.csb.gov/assets/1/19/SB-Nit...
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/node/7042






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