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The state resumed executions in 2025 and carried out a nitrogen-hypoxia execution in March, the first in Louisiana after a years-long pause.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
His request is on hold as 10 death row inmates filed a lawsuit to block the implementation of nitrogen hypoxia as a means of execution, which the state’s legislature authorized earlier this year and went into effect Aug. 5.
—James Powel, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Between 2019 and 2023, the U.S. saw an alarming, 110% increase in deaths due to hypoxia (or oxygen deprivation to the brain) stemming from nitrous oxide abuse, according to researchers.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
Symptoms of hypoxia can range from headaches, dizziness, loss of consciousness and nausea to, in extreme cases, heart attack or brain damage.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
His request is on hold as 10 death row inmates filed a lawsuit to block the implementation of nitrogen hypoxia as a means of execution, which the state’s legislature authorized earlier this year and went into effect Aug. 5.
—James Powel, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Between 2019 and 2023, the U.S. saw an alarming, 110% increase in deaths due to hypoxia (or oxygen deprivation to the brain) stemming from nitrous oxide abuse, according to researchers.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
Symptoms of hypoxia can range from headaches, dizziness, loss of consciousness and nausea to, in extreme cases, heart attack or brain damage.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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“Hypoxia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypoxia. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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hypoxia
noun
hyp·ox·ia
hip-ˈäk-sē-ə 
hī-ˈpäk-
hī-ˈpäk-
: a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body
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