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How nitrogen became a form of execution in the US

An Alabama death row inmate is expected to become the first person in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas, after losing last-minute appeals.

But what methods have been used before and when? Criminologist Deborah Denno talks to the BBC about the history of death penalty methods in the US.

Produced by Anahita Sachdev