Alabama is scheduled to carry out the first execution using nitrogen gas in the United States on Thursday, a method that state officials have argued is painless but that critics say could cause prolonged suffering. The execution of the inmate, Kenneth Smith, is set for sometime Thursday evening at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility…
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News Alabama Is Set to Carry Out First U.S. Execution by Nitrogen
Alabama is set to carry out the first American execution using nitrogen gas on Thursday evening, potentially opening a new frontier in how states execute death row prisoners despite concerns from death penalty opponents about the untested method. Several courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have allowed the execution to move forward, though lawyers for…
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News Supreme Court Declines to Stop Nitrogen Execution in Alabama
The U.S. Supreme Court and a federal appeals court each declined on Wednesday to intervene to stop Alabama from conducting the nation’s first-ever execution by nitrogen gas, putting the state on track to use the novel method to kill a death row prisoner. Alabama plans to use nitrogen gas to kill Kenneth Smith, who was…
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News Alabama death row inmate facing nitrogen hypoxia execution loses last ditch appeal
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News Alabama Is Trying Nitrogen Hypoxia, an Untested Execution Method
It was Nov. 17, 2022, and Kenneth Smith was lying on a gurney inside Alabama’s execution chamber, his arms and legs strapped down as he waited to be put to death. Mr. Smith, who had been on death row for more than a quarter-century after being convicted of murdering a woman, recalled thanking God for…
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News Alabama woman falsely reports burglary to police because she was scared of weather: authorities
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News Minister attending nitrogen gas execution asks Alabama for extra safety measures
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News Stephen A. Smith tabs best fit to replace Nick Saban at Alabama, admits it won’t happen
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News In Alabama, Nick Saban Leaves Behind a Legacy Beyond Football
Alabama’s longtime football coach won more national championships than anyone in modern history and helped change the image of the state. Related Posts A Mayor’s Suicide Leaves an Alabama City Seeking Answers F.L. Copeland Jr., a Baptist pastor and grocery store owner known as Bubba, once told a colleague that being mayor Read more College…
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News Next Alabama coach must have the ‘ability to lead this historic program,’ athletic director says
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