Arizona prepares for death row executions with gas once used by Nazis By Caitlin O Kane The Execution of Joseph Wood
After nearly seven years, Arizona will begin to execute death row inmates again – and has purchased the ingredients to make hydrogen cyanide, or HCN, a lethal gas once used by Nazis.
Zyklon B, a powerful insecticide, is a carrier for hydrogen cyanide, which was used to kill Jews at Auschwitz, according to the Jewish Virtual Library. HCN, which is extremely poisonous to humans, is the cause of death following the application of Zyklon B.
An average 6,000 Jews were killed each day using Zyklon B at the Auschwitz II killing center, according to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Arizona officials are procuring ingredients for the lethal gas used at Nazi extermination camps, including Auschwitz, in the hope of using it on death row inmates. Arizona's.
The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is statutorily responsible for the incarceration of over 42,000 imprisoned inmates in the US..