Published 6 months ago

Alabama set to execute inmate with nitrogen gas, a never before used method

Alabama plans to use nitrogen gas as a method of execution, which has never been attempted before, despite concerns about its humaneness and constitutionality.
The inmate, Smith, and his legal team have raised concerns about the use of a mask, the risk of suffocation, and the lack of research on the method. The United Nations and the American Veterinary Medical Association have also criticized the execution method.
Smith's execution will be the first time nitrogen hypoxia is used anywhere in the world, making him the test subject for the untested method.

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BBC News

Why has Alabama executed a man using nitrogen gas?

As US states search for a new method to put criminals to death, the gas has been used for first time.

6 months ago·United Kingdom

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CTV News

Alabama set to execute inmate with nitrogen gas, a never before used method

Alabama, unless blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court, will attempt to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas on Thursday night, a never before used execution method that the state claims will be humane but critics call cruel and experimental.

6 months ago·Canada

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The Independent

Alabama cleared for nitrogen gas execution of death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith

The US Supreme Court has also declined to intervene in the case

6 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Alabama set to execute inmate with nitrogen gas, a never before used method

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will attempt to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas on Thursday night, a never before used execution method that the state claims will be humane but critics call cruel and experimental. Kenneth Eugene Smith, a 58-year-old convicted killer whose 2022 lethal injection was called off at the last […]

6 months ago·United States

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Daily Express

Nitrogen gas execution for Kenneth Eugene Smith to go ahead as appeal rejected

A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Kenneth Eugene Smith's request for an injunction to stop his scheduled execution by nitrogen hypoxia Thursday.

6 months ago·United Kingdom

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