: a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body
Examples of hypoxia in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebWhile merely adding execution death by hypoxia is troubling, the Louisiana House bill goes further.—Joel B. Zivot, STAT, 26 Feb. 2024 Oklahoma and Mississippi are the only other states that have authorized executions by nitrogen hypoxia.—S. Dev, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2024 Since 2015, nitrogen hypoxia has been added as options in three states – Alabama, Mississippi and Oklahoma – without being tried.—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024 Kansas should also allow executions by hypoxia, Kobach says.—Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2024 Three states — Alabama, Mississippi and Oklahoma — have authorized nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method.—Kim Chandler, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2024 This story was corrected on July 8 to say that the Legislature approved nitrogen hypoxia in 2018, not lethal injection, as the story said earlier..—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 8 July 2023 Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday became the first prisoner known to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia.—María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024 Marshall said that 43 other inmates sentenced to death in Alabama have requested execution by nitrogen hypoxia.—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024
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