The death penalty just won't die

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : The nitrogen gas method was necessary because it has become increasingly difficult for jurisdictions to acquire the deadly cocktails of sedatives and heart-stopping toxins needed for lethal injections.
41% : Tennessee reinstated the electric chair as its default method if lethal injection is unavailable.
39% : With the shortage of these chemicals becoming ever more acute, criminal justice officials have been devising creative methods to dispose of human beings on death row.

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