# nitrogen gas execution

It's not fit for putting down animals, but Alabama plans to use nitrogen hypoxia on death row inmate | CBC News » Some medical experts are accusing Alabama of using an experimental procedure to carry out a death sentence later this week for a 58-year-old inmate. Cbc.ca

Alabama convicted killer waits to be executed this month by nitrogen gas » We hear from Kenneth Smith, a death row inmate in Alabama, who is scheduled for execution by nitrogen gas — a method of execution that has never been used in the U.S. Npr.org

Alabama plans to carry out first nitrogen gas execution. How will it work and what are the risks? » Alabama is preparing to attempt the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas Abcnews.go.com

Alabama plans to execute a man using nitrogen gas. How will it work? Few know. » Kenneth Eugene Smith, convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire plot, could become the first death row inmate put to death by nitrogen hypoxia in the U.S. Nbcnews.com

The Alabama Execution Case: What We Know » Kenneth Eugene Smith was put to death by nitrogen gas on Thursday night, the first time the method was used in capital punishment in the U.S. Nytimes.com

Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith put to death in first U.S. nitrogen gas execution » Smith, 58, was executed by nitrogen hypoxia — the state's second attempt to put him to death after a failed lethal injection. Nbcnews.com

White House calls Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution ‘troubling’ » Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was executed Thursday night using nitrogen hypoxia, the first known instance in the world that method was used to execute a prisoner. Washingtonpost.com

How Nitrogen Executions Could Go Wrong - Oklahoma Watch » Oklahoma officials say that using inhalation of nitrogen to carry out the death penalty will be safe and humane. But uncertainty surrounds the process, including how it will force inmates to inhale the gas and what will happen if they resist. Oklahomawatch.org

First nitrogen gas execution in US has happened, but did it go as expected? » The Alabama attorney general says he believes more nitrogen gas executions will occur after Kenneth Smith became the first person in the U.S. to be executed that way. Abcnews.go.com

What happened at the nation's first nitrogen gas execution: An AP eyewitness account » Witnesses watched through a window at an Alabama prison as Kenneth Eugene Smith became the nation's first person to be put to death using nitrogen gas. Apnews.com