Though the Arkansas three-drug execution procedure has passed court muster, some Arkansas legislators are apparently interested in looking into some backup killing methods in case supplies of the drugs run low.

At a meeting today, according to an AP report, a legislative committee was discouraged from moving ahead by the attorney general’s office. “Let sleeping dogs lie,” was the advice from the attorney general’s lobbyist.

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Some legislators apparently are interested in looking into essentially death by suffocation — or replacing oxygen in the lungs with an inert gas.

This would require new facilities, of course. It would also require a new series of tests through the court. You don’t have to look far on the internet for commentary on this method of death. It can take a prolonged period, causing brain damage before death, and people have been known to resuscitate after losing consciousness.

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