Alabama court clears way for second execution via nitrogen gas
The Alabama Supreme Court authorized the state attorney general’s request for an execution date for inmate Alan Eugene Miller using nitrogen gas. The Alabama Supreme Court authorized the use of nitrogen gas on Miller, which will be the second time it is used for execution in the state. Gov. Kay Ivey (R-AL) has not yet […]
Alabama inmate set for second-ever nitrogen gas execution sues: ‘pain and disgrace’
An Alabama inmate seeks to block the state’s attempt to execute a second person with nitrogen gas, filing a lawsuit alleging that the first execution using the new method was a “failure” and caused cruel and prolonged suffering. I woke you up. Lawyers for Alan Eugene Miller, who survived a 2022 lethal injection attempt, filed […]
Liquid nitrogen fertilizer spill kills nearly 750K fish in Iowa river: officials
Earlier this month, a fertilizer spill in Iowa killed hundreds of thousands of fish along a roughly 80-mile stretch of the East Nishnabotna River to the Missouri state line, state officials said. On March 11, NEW Cooperative, Inc. of Red Oak reported a spill to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on its property […]
Alabama pushes to use controversial nitrogen gas method in second execution
Alabama plans to use nitrogen gas to execute a second inmate, a move a month after the state executed its first death using the controversial new method. It was done later. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to set an execution date for Alan Eugene Miller. The state […]
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 […]
White House ‘deeply troubled’ by Alabama’s execution of man using nitrogen gas
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Alabama Conducts First Nitrogen Gas Execution In US: REPORT
Alabama carried out its first nitrogen gas execution Thursday night, following a Supreme Court ruling denying attempts to block its use. Kenneth Smith, a 58-year-old Alabama inmate, died at 8:25 p.m., moments before speaking his final words, accusing the state of taking a “step backwards” in the execution process. according to Go to NPR. (Related: […]
Alabama inmate becomes first in U.S. to be executed with nitrogen gas
Alabama on Thursday became the first state to use nitrogen gas to execute a death row inmate. Kenneth Smith was executed by nitrogen hypoxia at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, becoming the first executioner in the United States to be executed using an untested method. Smith was executed in 1988 for […]
Supreme Court denies Alabama prisoner’s last chance to avoid nitrogen gas execution, liberal justices issue written dissents
The Supreme Court on Thursday denied Alabama death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith his last chance to avoid execution with nitrogen gas, with three liberal justices dissenting. Smith, who was convicted of murder-for-hire in 1988, will be executed by nitrogen hypoxia. This method involves cutting off the supply of oxygen that people need to continue […]
Alabama executes Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas
An Alabama death row inmate was executed Thursday night, marking the first time in the United States to be executed by nitrogen gas, authorities confirmed. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, died at Holman Prison in Atmore after the Supreme Court refused to block experimental executions. Smith was forced to inhale toxic gas through a mask, depriving […]