Texas executes inmate using nitrogen gas, a first for US capital punishment

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Texas executed inmate Ramiro Gonzales on Wednesday using nitrogen gas. This marks the first use of nitrogen hypoxia for capital punishment in the United States. The method was carried out without the complications seen in some recent lethal injections. The execution proceeded after the US Supreme Court declined a last-minute appeal.

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