The United Nations Human Rights Council is calling for the state of Alabama to be blocked from carrying out the first nitrogen gas execution in the United States at the end of January.
Kenneth Eugene Smith's execution is scheduled for January 25, but UN experts say there is no evidence to suggest that nitrogen gas will not cause a “painful and humiliating death”. ing.
Although UN experts have shown no evidence that nitrogen hypoxia causes suffering, executions using nitrogen gas may violate the UN Convention against Torture and other UN conventions to which the US is a signatory. claims.
Experts Morris Tidball Binns, Alice Jill Edwards, Toren Mofokeng and Margaret Satterthwaite went on to express their dismay at the continued use of the death penalty in the United States.
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The United Nations Human Rights Council is calling for the state of Alabama to be blocked from carrying out the first nitrogen gas execution in the United States at the end of January. (Related news organizations)
Alabama's safety regulations for nitrogen executions acknowledge the potential danger to those in the room where the gas is being administered. As a result, spiritual advisors will not be allowed into the room at that time unless they have previously signed a waiver.
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According to CBS News, the Rev. Jeffrey Hood, a spiritual advisor to death row inmates, requested such a waiver because of a Supreme Court ruling that protects inmates' right to have spiritual advisors present during executions. filed a lawsuit alleging violation of the law.
You can see the United Nations headquarters in New York. The United Nations has long criticized the United States for continuing to use the death penalty. (AP Photo/Osamu Honda)
Smith was convicted of the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett in Jefferson County, Alabama. The jury found him guilty 11-1 and recommended a sentence of life in prison without parole. However, the judge who handed down the sentence overturned it and sentenced him to death.
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This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted of murder-for-hire in the 1988 murder of a preacher's wife. (Alabama Department of Corrections, via AP, File)
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Alabama first attempted to execute Smith by lethal injection on November 17, 2022. But after four hours of trying, room managers were unable to find a suitable vein for the deadly drug.
