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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is preparing to use a new method of execution: nitrogen gas.

One year ago, Louisiana broke a fifteen-year silence on executions by debuting nitrogen hypoxia. Officials called Jessie Hoffman Jr.’s death “flawless,” yet their own reports noted “convulsive ...