Editing Nitrogen (section)

==== Execution ====
{{see|Inert gas asphyxiation}}
As nitrogen is an asphyxiant gas in itself, some jurisdictions have considered asphyxiation by inhalation of pure nitrogen as a means of [[capital punishment]] (as a substitute for [[lethal injection]]).<ref name="Time-apr2015">{{cite news |last=Sanburn |first=Josh |url=https://time.com/3749879/nitrogen-gas-execution-oklahoma-lethal-injection/ |title=The Dawn of a New Form of Capital Punishment |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=2015-04-10 |access-date=2015-04-11 |archive-date=2015-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411201357/http://time.com/3749879/nitrogen-gas-execution-oklahoma-lethal-injection/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3657550.htm |title=Euthanasia campaigner under scrutiny |author=Sexton, Mike |date=18 December 2012 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC]] |access-date=6 May 2013 |archive-date=7 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707143023/http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3657550.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/04/17/oklahoma-says-it-will-now-use-nitrogen-gas-as-its-backup-method-of-execution/|title=Oklahoma says it will now use nitrogen gas as its backup method of execution|last=Berman|first=Mark|date=April 17, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=June 22, 2019|archive-date=June 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623024008/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/04/17/oklahoma-says-it-will-now-use-nitrogen-gas-as-its-backup-method-of-execution/|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2024, [[Execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith|Kenneth Eugene Smith]] became the first person executed by nitrogen asphyxiation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kenneth Eugene Smith executed by nitrogen hypoxia in Alabama, marking a first for the death penalty |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kenneth-eugene-smith-executed-by-nitrogen-hypoxia-in-alabama/ |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=26 January 2024}}</ref>