# nitrogen gas death

Killing convicts with nitrogen is even worse than the lethal injection » Nitrogen hypoxia is the gaseous canister version of a knee on the neck. US states that plan to use it must be stopped. Aljazeera.com

Alabama sets date for first-ever US execution of death row inmate by nitrogen gas in 2024, governor says | CNN » Alabama has scheduled the nation’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia, an alternative to lethal injection, its Republican governor said. Cnn.com

Alabama man shook violently on gurney during first-ever nitrogen gas execution » Kenneth Eugene Smith has been put to death with pure nitrogen gas in Alabama, a first-of-its-kind execution that again placed the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. Apnews.com

Alabama Schedules A Second Execution for Kenneth Smith, Using Nitrogen Gas for the First Time in U.S. History » On November 8, 2023, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey scheduled an execution date for Kenneth Smith, marking the first attempt by a U.S. state to use nitrogen… Deathpenaltyinfo.org

Alabama plans to execute a man using nitrogen gas. How will it work? Few know. » Kenneth Eugene Smith, convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire plot, could become the first death row inmate put to death by nitrogen hypoxia in the U.S. Nbcnews.com

Doctors, ethicists skeptical that nitrogen executions will be humane - Alabama Reflector » Alabama’s announcement that it will try to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen gas suffocation will set off a round of issues about the ethics and practicality of using an untested and unproven method of execution. The Alabama Attorney General’s Office said in an Aug. 25 request to set an execution date for Smith that […] Alabamareflector.com

Alabama inmate executed with nitrogen gas was ‘shaking violently’, witnesses say » White House calls death of Kenneth Smith, 58, executed via untested method lawyers say was cruel and unusual, ‘very troubling’ Theguardian.com