Opponents of AL’s nitrogen executions want nitrogen companies to withhold supply
In late January, Alabama became the first state to use nitrogen gas for executions, finding a new way to carry out executions after pharmaceutical companies refused to use their products for lethal injections. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was sentenced to death on January 25 for the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett, 45. State prison officials […]
South Carolina wants to restart electric chair, firing squad executions
Lawyers for a group of South Carolina death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals have argued to the state Supreme Court that the state’s two forms of execution – the old electric chair and the new firing squad – are cruel and unusual forms of punishment. did. The state argues that “painless” death is […]
North Korea Held Public Executions of Coronavirus Quarantine Violators
South Korea's government-run think tank accused North Korea's communist regime of carrying out public executions of people suspected of violating the country's strict Wuhan coronavirus control protocols in a report released Wednesday. North Korea imposed perhaps the world's strictest coronavirus lockdown in 2020 after a new coronavirus outbreak in central Wuhan, China. Communist dictator Kim […]