# nitrogen gas execution

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

Alabama schedules second execution by nitrogen gas - WTOP News » MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has scheduled a second execution with nitrogen gas, months after the state became the first to put a person to death with the previously untested method. Alabama Gov. Wtop.com

Alabama executes man by nitrogen gas for the first time in the U.S. » Kenneth Smith, 58, died at 8:25 p.m. Thursday, after a slew of last-minute appeals to several courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, failed. Npr.org

With Green Light From Supreme Court, Alabama Executes Man With Nitrogen Gas | Common Dreams » "We must work to abolish the death penalty and end this cruel and inhumane punishment," said Rep. Ayanna Pressley. Commondreams.org

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

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

Alabama inmate becomes first in US to be executed with nitrogen gas » Alabama on Thursday became the first state to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas. Kenneth Smith was put to death by nitrogen hypoxia at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atm… Thehill.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

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