# nitrogen gas death

Why Alabama’s plan to execute a prisoner using nitrogen gas is raising concerns » Unless the courts intervene, a death-row inmate in Alabama is scheduled on Thursday to become the first person in the U.S. to be executed using an untested method: nitrogen hypoxia. Alabama’s solicitor general has called it “painless and humane,” but the UN Human RIghts Office says it could amount to torture. John Yang speaks with the Death Penalty Information Center’s Robin Maher to learn more. Pbs.org

Alabama carries out nation’s first execution with nitrogen gas » Nitrogen gas was used as capital punishment for the first time in U.S. history in the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, an Alabama prisoner convicted of a murder-for-hire scheme in 1988 who survived a botched execution attempt in 2022. This despite concerns voiced by several human rights groups and the U.N. that it could amount to torture. NPR's Chiara Eisner joins Geoff Bennett to discuss. Pbs.org

Alabama set to execute inmate with nitrogen gas, new method critics call cruel and experimental » Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to die Thursday night for his conviction in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett. Pbs.org

Alabama inmate asks federal court to block execution by nitrogen gas » Smith was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire scheme Ny1.com

Months after nation's 1st nitrogen gas execution, Alabama gives man lethal injection for 2 killings » Alabama has executed a man convicted of killing an elderly couple at their home in 2004 Ny1.com

Alabama inmate asking federal appeals court to block first-ever execution by nitrogen gas » An Alabama inmate set to be the first person put to death by nitrogen gas will ask a federal appeals Friday to block the upcoming execution. Pbs.org

Bronx Residents Got Rid of Their Gas Stoves. Their Air Quality Markedly Improved. » In a pilot program at NYCHA, households with induction stoves showed a 35% decrease in nitrogen dioxide and a nearly 43% difference in carbon monoxide. Nextcity.org

Lethal injection or gas? Alabama’s death row gets to choose » MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Some say inhaling nitrogen gas would be like dying on a plane that depressurizes in flight, swiftly killing all aboard. Now more than a quarter of Alabama’s death row… Nydailynews.com

Ohio could begin nitrogen gas executions under bill backed by state's Republican attorney general » Ohio's Republican attorney general is putting his weight behind a legislative effort that would bring nitrogen gas executions to the state and end a yearslong unofficial moratorium on the death penalty. Pbs.org