COLUMBUS, OH – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is urging state lawmakers to adopt nitrogen hypoxia as a new method of execution, arguing that Ohio’s death penalty system has become “a dishonorable abdication of responsibility” due to its years-long standstill.

Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee , Yost said that adding nitrogen hypoxia — an execution method that causes death through oxygen deprivation using an inert gas — would allow Ohio to enforce capital punishment sentences after years of delay.

“An additional method of execution is necessary,” Yost told lawmakers, speaking in support of House Bill 36 , which would authorize nitrogen hypoxia for executions in the state.

Currently, lethal injection is the only approved method under Ohio law. However, Yost said

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