Alabama Prepares to Become First State to Carry Out Execution by ...

Lethal injection is the preferred method of execution in the U.S., but Alabama is now seeking to execute a death row prisoner by a method ...

Alabama gasses prisoner with nitrogen in first new execution ...

ATMORE, Alabama, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Alabama on Thursday executed convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, who held his breath in vain as officials ...

Alabama looks to carry out third nitrogen execution as critics say ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is planning to carry out the nation's third execution with nitrogen gas as critics argue the method needs ...

Alabama executes inmate with nitrogen gas after past lethal ...

Alabama in January became the first state to execute a prisoner using nitrogen; eyewitnesses reported the inmate, Kenneth Smith, 58, remained ...

Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas for the first time - AP News

Some states are looking for new ways to execute people because the drugs used in lethal injections have become difficult to find. Three states — ...

Alabama Prepares to Carry Out the First Nitrogen Gas Execution

Lawyers for Kenneth Smith have warned that the method could cause him to suffer a stroke, choke to death on vomit, or be left in a vegetative state.

Alabama carries out first known execution with nitrogen gas ... - CNN

Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation's first known execution using that method.

Supreme Court allows Alabama to carry out first-ever execution by ...

The Supreme Court rejected Kenneth Smith's argument that it would be unconstitutional for the state to attempt a second execution after a ...

State of Alabama preparing to carry out nation's second execution ...

ever using nitrogen gas after becoming the first state to use the new procedure in January. Alan Miller is set to die by the process on ...

Alabama executes man by nitrogen gas for the first time in the U.S.

Alabama executed a death row prisoner Thursday using nitrogen gas, becoming the first state in the US to use the gas in an execution.

Alabama prepares to carry out first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation

An Alabama inmate is due to be put to death today after a federal appeals court allowed the state to carry out a first-of-its-kind execution ...

Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith put to death in first U.S. nitrogen gas ...

Alabama approved the use of nitrogen hypoxia for executions in 2018, as the primary method of lethal injection has become increasingly ...

What's nitrogen hypoxia? Alabama carries out Kenneth Smith's US ...

Smith became the first inmate in history executed with nitrogen gas. ... Alabama, a US state with 165 people on death row, on Thursday night ...

Alabama set to attempt untried method of execution

Alabama is hours away from executing Kenneth Eugene Smith, making it the first state to execute someone using nitrogen hypoxia.

Alabama prepares to carry out the first US execution by nitrogen gas

Alabama will attempt to put a man to death with nitrogen gas, a never used execution method that the state claims will be humane but critics ...

Alabama wants to be the 1st state to execute a prisoner by making ...

The Alabama attorney general's office asked the state Supreme Court to set an execution date for death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith.

Alabama prepares first execution of inmate by nitrogen gas - YouTube

Kenneth Eugene Smith is set to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia on Thursday or Friday, officials said. He is due to die by a method in which ...

Alabama's Death Penalty - Equal Justice Initiative

On January 25, 2024, despite having the worst record of any state for botched executions, Alabama became the first state to suffocate a person to death using ...

Alabama performs 1st nitrogen gas execution - ABC News

An Alabama man has become the first ever person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday.

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.