Alabama will be the first state to use nitrogen in an execution. If it goes smoothly, other states are likely to follow. By Jan Hoffman The planned execution of a death row inmate by the state of ...
Gov. Jeff Landry on Tuesday signed into law new methods of execution that can be used in Louisiana for the state’s nearly 60 death row prisoners starting July 1. Electrocution is back in rotation ...
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What It's Like to Die by Nitrogen Gas
With each breath, four out of every five molecules we inhale are nitrogen. This colourless, odourless gas makes up nearly 80% ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama told a federal judge that it could soon be ready to use a new, untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia to carry out a death sentence. The disclosure came ...
Alabama is set to become the first state to execute a death row prisoner using nitrogen gas — a controversial method said to be painless that experts warn is an untested human “experiment.” Kenneth ...
Nitrogen hypoxia execution was sold as 'humane' but witnesses said Kenneth Smith was gasping for air
Convulsing and gasping for air, Kenneth Smith appeared to struggle for several minutes before his death Thursda y in an Alabama execution chamber. The details of what appeared to be a drawn-out ...
Editor's note: The first sentence of this story has been updated to attribute information to an attorney representing the commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections. An attorney ...
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