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Nitrogen hypoxia: Why Alabama's execution of Kenneth Smith stirs ethical controversy.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAlabama was set to carry out the first-ever execution by nitrogen hypoxia on death row inmate...
Alabama AG says nitrogen gas execution was "textbook," will be used again
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe execution of convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith using nitrogen hypoxia was "textbook,"...
Alabama calls nitrogen execution method painless and humane, but critics are raising doubts
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAlabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney Thursday...
Alabama executes Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen hypoxia
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAlabama went through with its planned execution on Thursday of Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was the...
Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith put to death in first U.S. nitrogen gas execution
NBC News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAlabama approved the use of nitrogen hypoxia for executions in 2018, as the primary method of lethal...
Alabama’s next death penalty atrocity: The execution of Casey McWhorter
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 7 months ago30 years after a murder committed by three teenage boys, Alabama plans to execute one of them, Casey...
Death row prisoner to be executed in method vets say is too cruel for animals
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe US was set to execute a man with nitrogen gas on Thursday evening, an untested method vets deem...
With a mask and nitrogen tank, Alabama pioneers execution method
Reuters via AOL· 4 months agoIf federal courts give the green light, Alabama plans on Thursday to pioneer the first new method of judicial execution since lethal injections were introduced in 1982. The new method is asphyxiation ...
Condemned Alabama prisoner asks US Supreme Court to stop rare second execution attempt
Reuters via AOL· 4 months agoAn Alabama death row prisoner who survived a botched execution attempt by lethal injection asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to halt the state's planned second attempt next week, this time ...