US EditionAlabama to execute Demetrius Frazier by nitrogen gas for 1991 rape, murder
- Demetrius Frazier was executed in Alabama by nitrogen gas on February 6, 2025, for the 1991 murder of Pauline Brown, making him the fourth inmate in the U.S. to be executed using this method.
- Frazier was convicted of breaking into Brown's apartment, raping her, and murdering her when she had only $80 to give him, as stated by prosecutors.
- Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer did not intervene to return Frazier to Michigan, which does not have the death penalty, despite requests from Frazier's family.
- Alabama Governor Kay Ivey stated, 'We enforce the law,' emphasizing that justice was served for the victim, Pauline Brown, after Frazier's execution.
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Alabama executes Demetrius Terrence Frazier for 1991 rape and murder of Pauline Brown • Michigan Advance
Demetrius Terrence Frazier, 52, is scheduled to be executed in February after being convicted of the November 1991 rape and murder of Pauline Brown, 40, in Birmingham. Michigan supports Alabama's efforts to have Frazier's lawsuit dismissed. (Alabama Department of Corrections)The state of Alabama executed Demetrius Terrence Frazier by nitrogen gas Thursday evening for the rape and murder of Pauline Brown in Birmingham in 1991. Frazier, 52, the f…
Alabama death row inmate executed Feb. 6 by nitrogen hypoxia - The Atmore Advance
An Alabama death row inmate was executed Feb. 6 by nitrogen hypoxia at William C. Holman Correctional Facility, just outside Atmore, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. Public Information Officer Kelly Betts said in a release that Demetrius T. Frazier, was executed by nitrogen hypoxia, and pronounced deceased by a physician at 6:36 p.m. Betts said Frazier had two visitors and one phone call on Feb. 5; and had seven visitors, one …
Demetrius Frazier, 52, was convicted of raping and killing a 41-year-old woman in 1991.
Alabama executes Demetrius Frazier with nitrogen, adding to state’s grim record
On February 6, 2025, at 6:36 p.m., the State of Alabama executed 52-year-old Demetrius Terrence Frazier at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore. Frazier was sentenced to death for the 1991 rape and murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown in Birmingham. His execution marked Alabama’s fourth use of nitrogen hypoxia as a method of capital punishment—a process that remains as controversial as it is untested. In the hours before his exec…
ThePatriotLight - Alabama death row inmate Demetrius Frazier's final words revealed as he's executed for 1991 murder
ThePatriotLight - A convicted murderer and rapist was executed by nitrogen gas on Thursday — 14 years after he was transferred to Alabama while serving a life sentence in Michigan for a separate murder. Demetrius Frazier became the fourth inmate in the US to be put to death by the method as he served his sentence for the 1991 murder of Pauline Brown at the Holman Correctional Facility. Frazier, 52, was convicted of capital murder for breaking in…
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