# nitrogen gas execution

Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used » Kenneth Eugene Smith, a 58-year-old convicted killer, has become the first person in the U.S. to be executed with nitrogen gas at a South Alabama prison. Apnews.com

Alabama Prosecutors Float, Then Retreat From, Plan to Execute Alan Miller Using Untested Nitrogen Suffocation Procedure » Alabama prosecutors have told a federal judge that the state will not execute death-row prisoner Alan Miller by nitrogen hypoxia on September 22, 2022,… Deathpenaltyinfo.org

Alabama puts Kenneth Smith to death in first execution with nitrogen gas » Kenneth Eugene Smith’s execution came after months of legal battles over whether it was constitutional to use nitrogen hypoxia in capital punishment. Washingtonpost.com

Nitrogen gas execution witnesses saw inmate writhe for 2 minutes » The execution took about 22 minutes, and Kenneth Eugene Smith appeared to remain conscious for several minutes. Newsnationnow.com

Alabama Carries Out First U.S. Execution by Nitrogen » The state executed Kenneth Smith on Thursday using the untested method of nitrogen hypoxia after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. Nytimes.com

Alabama preps for nitrogen gas execution: Here's how it would work » Nitrogen hypoxia has never been used as a method of execution in the United States. Montgomeryadvertiser.com

US judge allows first nitrogen-gas execution to proceed » UN experts warned that the first instance of an execution using inert-gas asphyxiation would likely violate an international treaty against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment. Reuters.com

Kenneth Eugene Smith executed by nitrogen hypoxia in Alabama, marking a first for the death penalty » Alabama went through with its planned execution on Thursday of Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was the first condemned inmate in the U.S. put to death using nitrogen gas. Cbsnews.com

An eyewitness account of what happened at the nation's 1st nitrogen gas execution » As witnesses watched through a window, Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to die in the 1988 murder-for hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett, convulsed on a gurney as Alabama carried out the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas. Pbs.org

Alabama has carried out its first nitrogen gas execution. » "What we saw was minutes of someone struggling for their life." Motherjones.com