AZConsideringRisk of next use: Low
Arizona
Protocol litigation pending.
- Status
- Considering
- Executions
- 0
- Authorized
- —
- Statute
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How Arizona got here
Arizona's Department of Corrections has explored inert-gas asphyxiation as part of a broader review of its execution protocols following botched lethal injections. Ongoing federal litigation over the state's existing protocol has slowed any move toward nitrogen.
The process, step by step