Suffocation by Design
The Final Breaths of America's Newest Execution Method - Second Edition
by Jeff Hood
The second edition of Jeff Hood's first-hand account and investigation into nitrogen hypoxia, the newest execution method to arrive in an American death chamber. Expanded and updated since a federal judge ruled the method unconstitutional, this edition documents what could be the final breaths of the execution method nationwide.
Suffocation by Design tracks the invention, adoption, and defense of a method the medical community refused to endorse. It is a book about design decisions with lethal consequences and about the language a government uses when it needs killing to sound like procedure.
Proceeds from this book fund the Execution Intervention Project — legal work, clemency campaigns, and direct support for people on death row.
