# nitrogen gas death penalty

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

How Nitrogen Executions Could Go Wrong - Oklahoma Watch » Oklahoma officials say that using inhalation of nitrogen to carry out the death penalty will be safe and humane. But uncertainty surrounds the process, including how it will force inmates to inhale the gas and what will happen if they resist. Oklahomawatch.org

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. Npr.org

‘I’m not ready, brother’: US man to be put to death months after botched execution attempt » Kenneth Smith, to be executed in Alabama by untested nitrogen-gas method, tells Guardian of nightmares from failed lethal injection Theguardian.com

Alabama defends untested nitrogen execution method, but experts doubt claims of painlessness » The state of Alabama has predicted in federal court filings that the nitrogen gas will “cause unconsciousness within seconds, and cause death within minutes.” Pbs.org

Alabama sets a date to execute a death row inmate by nitrogen gas, governor says, a method never used in the US » By Devon M. Sayers and Emma Tucker(CNN) — Alabama has scheduled the nation’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia, an alternative to lethal injection, its Republican governor said.Kenneth Eugene Smith Cbs58.com

Alabama carries out first US execution by asphyxiation with nitrogen gas » Convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, who survived an earlier execution attempt by lethal injection, was killed on Thursday. Aljazeera.com

Execution by gas has a brutal 100-year history. Now it’s back. » On Thursday, an Alabama man faces execution by nitrogen gas—the first U.S. execution by gas in a quarter-century, 100 years after the practice began. Washingtonpost.com

Why Alabama’s plan to execute a prisoner using nitrogen gas is raising concerns » Unless the courts intervene, a death-row inmate in Alabama is scheduled on Thursday to become the first person in the U.S. to be executed using an untested method: nitrogen hypoxia. Alabama’s solicitor general has called it “painless and humane,” but the UN Human RIghts Office says it could amount to torture. John Yang speaks with the Death Penalty Information Center’s Robin Maher to learn more. Pbs.org

Oklahoma Announces Plans to Execute Prisoners with Nitrogen Gas » At a news conference on March 14, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter and Corrections Director Joe M. Allbaugh announced that the state plans to… Deathpenaltyinfo.org