# nitrogen gas death

Why are states like Alabama, which is planning to use nitrogen gas, exploring new execution methods? » An Alabama execution this week would be the first in the nation to use nitrogen gas. It follows a long history of problems with lethal injection since Texas first used the method in 1982. Apnews.com

Alabama's upcoming gas execution could harm witnesses and violate religious liberty » Alabama plans to execute a prisoner using nitrogen gas. NPR obtained a Department of Corrections document showing the method may pose risks to others in the room and impede religious liberties. Npr.org

Nitrogen Execution Method Touted as More 'Humane,' but Evidence Is Lacking » A legal battle over nitrogen hypoxia, a new potential method of execution, raises ethical questions Scientificamerican.com

Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used » Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again put the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. The state said the method would be humane, but critics called it cruel and experimental. Nbcdfw.com

Alabama’s plan for nation’s first execution by nitrogen gas is ‘hostile to religion,’ lawsuit says » Kenneth Eugene Smith’s execution would be the nation’s first using nitrogen gas. Nbcnews.com

What’s nitrogen hypoxia? Alabama carries out Kenneth Smith’s US execution » Smith became first inmate in history to be executed with nitrogen gas. Aljazeera.com

Alabama Intends to Carry Out First Known US Execution Using Nitrogen Gas » On January 25th, the United States state of Alabama plans to belt Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney, strap a respirator mask to his face, and force him to inhale pure nitrogen gas until he suffocates. Hrw.org

Danny Bible executed for a 1979 rape and murder, despite claims that he was too sick for lethal injection » The death row inmate argued that officials likely wouldn't be able to find a vein, and he proposed that the state instead use a firing squad or nitrogen gas. His execution proceeded with no indication of trouble injecting the drugs. Texastribune.org

The U.S. had its first execution by nitrogen gas. Here’s what to know. » Kenneth Smith’s death in Alabama marked the country’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia. There are over 2,300 people on death row. Washingtonpost.com