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Christa Pike Joined Rare Group Of 8 People Who’ve Survived Lethal Injection, Here’s What They Did To Get There

Christa Pike’s failed capital punishment has renewed attention on seven other people who survived lethal-injection attempts despite facing capital punishment.

Bored Panda · Oct 3

What could happen to Christa Pike now after death row killer survives two lethal injections

Convicted murderer survives botched execution in Tennessee, sparking questions about how the state and her legal team plan to proceed with her case

The Independent UK · Oct 1

What to know about the evolution of execution methods in the US

A federal appeals court says Alabama's use of nitrogen gas for executions needs more study to see if it violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment

The Independent UK · Jun 9

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Louisiana kills Jessie Hoffman in state’s first nitrogen gas execution

Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman argued that the method violated his religious freedoms

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025

What we know about Carey Dale Grayson, the Alabama inmate set to die by nitrogen gas

Grayson’s three accomplices managed to escape execution because they were under 18 at the time of Deblieux’s murder

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2024

Alan Miller becomes the second death row inmate executed by nitrogen hypoxia in the US

Miller’s execution was scrutinized because a forensic psychiatrist found him ‘mentally ill at the time of the offenses’

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2024

Alabama double killer becomes first death-row inmate put to death in state since nitrogen execution

Jamie Ray Mills, 50, was executed by lethal injection on Thursday

The Independent UK · May 31, 2024

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Alabama Discovers There Is No 'Humane' Way To Execute Someone

Instead of searching for gentle execution methods, states should just stop killing prisoners.

Reason · Mar 14, 2024

Idaho prepares to execute one of the longest-serving death row inmates in the U.S.

Officials say Thomas Creech's spiritual advisor will be allowed to stand next to Creech with a hand on his shoulder during the scheduled Wednesday execution. Creech has been imprisoned since 1974.

WEKU · Feb 28, 2024

'The Most Horrible Thing I've Ever Seen': Alabama Executes Inmate With Experimental Method

Kenneth Eugene Smith was likely the first person in the world to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia.

Reason · Jan 26, 2024

Alabama condemned for nitrogen gas execution: ‘They intended to torture him’

State’s ‘slow and agonizing’ execution of Kenneth Smith using an untested method labeled as cruel by experts and advocates

The Guardian - US · Jan 26, 2024

EU and UN Express Regret Over Alabama's First Nitrogen Execution

The European Union and the U.N. Human Rights Office express regret over the first use of nitrogen gas in an execution in Alabama, stating that the death pe...

Alabama Executes Murderer Through Nitrogen Asphyxiation

Smith is the first person in the world to be put to death using pure nitrogen gas.

International Business Times UK · Jan 26, 2024

Alabama death row inmate 'writhed for minutes' in first execution using nitrogen gas

Kenneth Eugene Smith said in a final statement: 'Tonight Alabama causes humanity to take a step backwards'

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2024

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WEKU · Jan 26, 2024

Alabama executes man by nitrogen gas for the first time in the U.S.

Kenneth Smith, 58, died at 8:25 p.m. Thursday, after a slew of last-minute appeals to several courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, failed.

Alabama set to use controversial nitrogen gas in execution

Learn about Alabama's controversial use of nitrogen gas for executions. Kenneth Eugene Smith has filed a last-minute appeal to delay his execution. Get the...

Al Jazeera · Jan 25, 2024

What’s nitrogen hypoxia? Alabama carries out Kenneth Smith’s US execution

Smith became first inmate in history to be executed with nitrogen gas.

Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2024

Alabama killer hours from becoming first US inmate to be executed with nitrogen gas

The death will be the first attempt to use a new execution method since 1982

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The Guardian - US · Jan 21, 2024

Nitrogen gas execution: how it works and why it’s controversial

Kenneth Smith, who was executed by Alabama, appeared to convulse during procedure, as critics have likened it to human experimentation

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2024

Decision to execute Alabama inmate with nitrogen gas condemned by advocacy groups

Kenneth Eugene Smith will become first death row prisoner to die via untested method

Reason · Jan 11, 2024

Alabama Set To Use Experimental Execution Method

In killing Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen hypoxia, the state would be using him as a "test subject," Smith's lawyers argue.

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2024

Judge rules Kenneth Smith execution by nitrogen gas can move forward

Convicted murderer expected to be put to death later this month in first execution of its kind

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024

Federal judge says Alabama can carry out nation’s 1st execution using nitrogen gas; appeal likely

A federal judge says Alabama can carry out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas despite claims the method is cruel and untested

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2023

Judge suggests change to nitrogen execution to let inmate pray and say final words without gas mask

A federal judge who is weighing whether to allow the nation’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia to go forward next month has urged Alabama to change procedures so the inmate can pray and say final words before the gas mask is placed on his face

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2023

Judge weighs request to stop nation's first execution by nitrogen, in Alabama

A federal judge has heard diverging arrguments over a request to block what would be the nation's first execution by nitrogen gas

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