# nitrogen gas death penalty

Alabama describes proposed nitrogen gas execution; seeks to become first state to carry it out » Alabama’s proposed procedures to carry out executions with nitrogen gas include fitting a mask over the inmate’s nose and mouth and replacing their breathing air with nitrogen gas until their heart stops The state described the procedures for the proposed new execution method in a court filing Ny1.com

Ohio could begin nitrogen gas executions » Ohio's last execution was on July 18, 2018. Ny1.com

US: Türk voices regret over first ever execution by nitrogen suffocation » The UN human rights chief has expressed deep regret over the execution of a prisoner in the United States on Thursday night through the country’s first ever use of nitrogen asphyxiation as a method of implementing the death penalty. News.un.org

Nebraska bill would add asphyxiation by nitrogen gas as form of execution for death row inmates » A Nebraska lawmaker has introduced a bill to add asphyxiation by nitrogen to the state’s method of carrying out the death penalty, even as Alabama officials await a judge’s ruling on a request to block its plans to become the nation’s first state to carry out an execution by nitrogen gas. 1011now.com

U.S. Supreme Court allows nitrogen execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith to proceed • Alabama Reflector » In a dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Alabama was using Smith as a "guinea pig" to test an untried method of execution. Alabamareflector.com

Alabama seeks to carry out second execution using controversial nitrogen gas method » MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is seeking to put a second inmate to death using nitrogen gas, a move that comes a month after the state carried out the first execution using the controversial new … Dcnewsnow.com

USA: Rights experts slam ‘outrageous’ execution of inmate by nitrogen gas suffocation » Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council unequivocally condemned the recent execution of an American inmate by nitrogen gas inhalation – the first time ever that the method has been used.  News.un.org

US judge halts federal execution planned for Friday » Judge rules the government’s lethal injection protocol breaks law, orders halt to federal execution planned for Friday. Aljazeera.com

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