Mississippi Attorney
General Jim Hood announced that he plans to ask
lawmakers to approve the firing squad, electrocution or nitrogen gas as alternate
methods of execution if the state prohibits lethal
injections, reported Jurist.
States access to execution drugs has been hindered as a result of
companies refusing the use of their products for execution purposes. Currently
Mississippi has put all executions on hold due to its exhausted supply of drugs
to perform lethal injections. TheAmerican
Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi has strongly
apposed the suggestion, arguing the proposed methods are barbaric.
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