26 January 2024 - Alabama carries out first execution by nitrogen gas
Alabama Carries Out First U.S. Execution by Nitrogen
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Abbie VanSickle (The New York Times, 25/01/2024)
Alabama carried out the first American execution using nitrogen gas on Thursday evening, killing a convicted murderer whose jury had voted to spare his life and opening a new frontier in how states execute death row prisoners.
Alabama executes killer with nitrogen gas in controversial first-of-its-kind method
Jeanine Santucci and Thao Ngyuen (USA Today, 25/01/2024)
The state of Alabama executed convicted killer Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday in a first-of-its-kind execution using nitrogen gas to asphyxiate the inmate.
Use of Nitrogen Hypoxia for Alabama Executions Could Endanger Spiritual Advisors and Prison Staff in the Execution Chamber
(Death Penalty Information Center, 24/10/2023)
In August 2023, Alabama released the first-ever execution protocol for nitrogen hypoxia, an untested execution method in which prisoners will be put to death by suffocation as they are forced to breathe pure nitrogen gas.
This Reverend Is Risking Death to Provide Comfort During an Unconventional Execution
Brenna Ehrlich (The Rolling Stone, 25/01/2024)
When Kenneth Smith first reached out to Reverend Jeff Hood to be with him during his January execution, Smith’s first question was: “Are you prepared to die to be my spiritual advisor?”
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