An oxygen mask. Alabama attaches a similar-looking mask to a condemned inmate when conducting executions using nitrogen hypoxia. An Alabama Reflector analysis of death sentences handed down in the state since 2012 found that five of the state’s 67 counties account for nearly half of all death sentences. (Getty Images)
An Alabama Reflector analysis of executions in the state over the past decade shows five of the state’s 67 counties account for almost half of the total number of death sentences imposed since 2012.
The five counties have a population of about 1.7 million people, comprising roughly a third of the state’s total population…