Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, told ABC News he was appalled by the reports of using hydrogen cyanide gas for executions, given its well-known ties to the Holocaust.
Among the purchases, the documents showed, was $2,000 to buy the ingredients to make hydrogen cyanide -- a gas used by Nazis at Auschwitz.
The state currently executes inmates via lethal injection and has 119 people on death row, according to theArizona has executed 37 people since 1992, according to state records. Executions in gas chambers are controversial due to questions surrounding how much additional pain and suffering is inflicted before an inmate dies, according to Dunham.
While some states have prohibited the use of certain execution methods, no method is outright banned nationwide. Dunham noted that some court cases argued methods like the electric chair or gas chamber are unconstitutional, and were struck down in state courts.The Supreme Court hasn't ruled on such a case. State lawmakers ultimately dropped the contested execution method before judges made a decision.
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