In any country, death penalty is given as a punishment after being convicted by a court for a criminal offence. Generally, in case of death penalty, the convict is hanged. But this time in the US state of Alabama, death sentence is going to be given through nitrogen hypoxia on January 25. According to the information, this method of hanging is very scientific and painless. Today we will tell you what nitrogen hypoxia is.
Nitrogen hypoxia
In America, this method of death penalty was first tried on Alan Eugene Miller. He is about to go, who has been sentenced to death. Earlier this punishment was to be given to him through injection, but then it was rejected as it was found to be a painful method. Allen Eugene Miller opened fire at his workplace in 1999, killing three people and injuring many others. After which he got death sentence. Let us tell you that this punishment was approved in America five years ago, but it was not used till now.
What is Nitrogen Hypoxia? p>
Nitrogen hypoxia replaces oxygen with nitrogen, it stops the supply of oxygen to the body and starts sending nitrogen. After which the prisoner will be forced to breathe nitrogen in such a situation. Due to this, the amount of oxygen in the body will be limited and will decrease, due to which the person will die.
What is Nitrogen?
Earth’s About 78 percent of the atmosphere is nitrogen. Nitrogen is a colourless, odorless gas. It is non-flammable and non-toxic. In this technique unconsciousness starts within a minute. After this, the person will die within a few minutes.