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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

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2023

Alabama’s new execution method could be dangerous for everyone in the room

Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to become the first death row inmate to be executed with nitrogen. His pastor says the untested procedure is a cruel violation of religious liberties, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023

Alabama's upcoming gas execution could harm witnesses and violate religious liberty

Alabama plans to execute a prisoner using nitrogen gas. NPR obtained a Department of Corrections document showing the method may pose risks to others in the room and impede religious liberties.

WEKU · Dec 12, 2023

Alabama inmate opposes being 'test subject' for new nitrogen execution method

Attorneys for an inmate are asking the Alabama Supreme Court to reject the state's request to set an execution date for him using the new execution method of nitrogen hypoxia

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

Alabama Set To Try New, Untested Execution Method

The state has filed a motion to set an execution date for Kenneth Eugene Smith, who survived a previous execution attempt.

Reason · Aug 29, 2023

Alabama requests a date to execute an inmate via nitrogen hypoxia for the first time

Smith was supposed to be executed in November 2022 by lethal injection, but corrections officers failed to insert an IV properly. The U.S. Supreme Court has authorized nitrogen hypoxia in his case.

WEKU · Aug 29, 2023

Alabama wants to be the 1st state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe only nitrogen

Alabama is seeking to become the first state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe pure nitrogen

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2023

Alabama to carry out first lethal injection after review of execution procedures

Alabama plans to execute an inmate for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state seeks to carry out its first lethal injection after a pause following a string of problems with inserting the IVs

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

Alabama Isn't Ready To Kill Inmates By Nitrogen Hypoxia. It Wants To Try Anyway.

James Barber is set to be killed next month, the first execution after a string of botched lethal injection executions in the state.

Reason · Jun 27, 2023

Alabama Botched His Execution. Now He Wants To Die Differently.

On Monday, the Supreme Court sided with an Alabama death-row inmate who, after surviving a botched lethal injection attempt last year, says he wants to die by gas chamber instead.

Reason · May 17, 2023