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January 25, 2024
Federal Court says Alabama can carry out first nitrogen execution
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, refusing to block what would be the nation’s first execution by a new method since 1982. A divided panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Kenneth Eugene Smith’s request for […]
January 24, 2024
Alabama calls nitrogen execution method painless and humane, but critics are raising doubts
Alabama calls nitrogen execution method painless and humane, but critics are raising doubts reports Kim Chandler at Associated Press for The Washington Post. Kenneth Eugene Smith, who survived Alabama’s previous attempt to put him to death by lethal injection in 2022, is scheduled to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia on Thursday. If carried out, it […]
January 24, 2024
Alabama calls nitrogen execution method painless & humane, but critics are raising doubts
Alabama calls nitrogen execution method painless and humane, but critics are raising doubts reports Kim Chandler at Associated Press. Kenneth Eugene Smith, who survived Alabama’s previous attempt to put him to death by lethal injection in 2022, is scheduled to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia on Thursday. If carried out, it would the first new […]
January 24, 2024
Protesters call for stop to Alabama’s ‘experimental’ execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith
Protesters call for stop to Alabama’s ‘experimental’ execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith reports Mike Cason of Alabama.com Representatives of churches, civil rights organizations, and anti-death penalty groups rallied at the Alabama State Capitol on Tuesday to protest the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, scheduled for Thursday. They prayed, sang, carried signs, and delivered petitions to […]
January 24, 2024
Alabama pushes on with nitrogen hypoxia execution
Alabama pushes on with nitrogen hypoxia execution of death row killer Kenneth Eugene Smith despite expert’s warning about ‘agonizing’ gas that will cause him to thrash against gurney. Kenneth Eugene Smith will be executed tomorrow night in Atmore, Alabama. Experts warned against the nitrogen hypoxia method he asked for. Now, he is asking for a […]
January 23, 2024
After a Botched Execution Alabama Is Trying an Untested Method
New York Times, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
After a Botched Execution Alabama Is Trying an Untested Method reports the New York Times. It was Nov. 17, 2022, and Kenneth Smith was lying on a gurney inside Alabama’s execution chamber, his arms and legs strapped down as he waited to be put to death. Mr. Smith, who had been on death row for […]
