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2024 NFL draft: Vikings mock draft roundup 4.0

The Minnesota Vikings were mocked 10 different players across 21 industry mock drafts including UNC QB Drake Maye and LSU QB Jayden Daniels

USA Today Sports Media Group

2024 NFL draft: 2-round mock draft update – Conference championship edition

Here is our latest mock draft update after the conference title games.

USA Today Sports Media Group

White House concerned over Alabama execution; UN calls it possible torture

In this informative conversation, Sister Helen Prejean discusses the controversial execution of a death row inmate in Alabama and the ethical implications ...

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First U.S. execution using nitrogen gas raises concerns over method

Alabama defends the use of nitrogen gas for execution as witnessed described inmate writhing and gasping. Other states may follow suit. UN questions method.

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'The Most Horrible Thing I've Ever Seen': Alabama Executes Inmate With Experimental Method

Kenneth Eugene Smith was likely the first person in the world to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia.

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SCOTUS allows first nitrogen execution

"The world is watching," Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned before Kenny Smith was put to death Thursday

Salon

Alabama Executes Inmate Using Nitrogen Gas in Controversial First

Learn about Alabama's first execution using nitrogen gas, hailed as a successful and humane method. The future of execution methods could be changing.

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Alabama Attorney General Advocates for Nitrogen Execution Method in Prisons

Learn about the unprecedented execution method recently used in Alabama, where an inmate was killed using nitrogen. Find out how other states may choose to...

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Alabama condemned for nitrogen gas execution: ‘They intended to torture him’

State’s ‘slow and agonizing’ execution of Kenneth Smith using an untested method labeled as cruel by experts and advocates

The Guardian - US

Alabama's Execution of Kenneth Smith with Nitrogen Gas Sparks Controversy

Explore the use of nitrogen gas as a new method of capital punishment in Alabama. Learn about the controversial execution and its impact.

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EU and UN Express Regret Over Alabama's First Nitrogen Execution

The European Union and the U.N. Human Rights Office express regret over the first use of nitrogen gas in an execution in Alabama, stating that the death pe...

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First Thing: Alabama executes Kenneth Smith using untested nitrogen gas method

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The Guardian - UK

Alabama Executes Murderer Through Nitrogen Asphyxiation

Smith is the first person in the world to be put to death using pure nitrogen gas.

International Business Times UK

Alabama Executes Hitman Kenneth Smith In US' First Known Nitrogen Gas Punishment

Kenneth Smith on Thursday became the United States' first known inmate to have been executed through nitrogen hypoxia after his botched lethal injection execution in 2022.

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United States: First execution using nitrogen gas asphyxiation

The state of Alabama on Thursday night completed the country's first execution using nitrogen gas asphyxiation. Read further on Dynamite News:

Evening Standard

Alabama death row inmate 'writhed for minutes' in first execution using nitrogen gas

Kenneth Eugene Smith said in a final statement: 'Tonight Alabama causes humanity to take a step backwards'

WEKU

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.

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Alabama set to use controversial nitrogen gas in execution

Learn about Alabama's controversial use of nitrogen gas for executions. Kenneth Eugene Smith has filed a last-minute appeal to delay his execution. Get the...

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The Guardian - US

Alabama inmate executed with nitrogen gas was ‘shaking violently’, witnesses say

White House calls death of Kenneth Smith, 58, executed via untested method lawyers say was cruel and unusual, ‘very troubling’

Al Jazeera

What’s nitrogen hypoxia? Alabama carries out Kenneth Smith’s US execution

Smith became first inmate in history to be executed with nitrogen gas.

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Alabama's controversial nitrogen gas execution raises concerns of excessive pain

This informative article discusses the concerns surrounding Alabama's use of nitrogen gas as a method of execution, detailing potential risks and lack of t...

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Alabama's first use of nitrogen gas execution method moves forward

The state of Alabama plans to execute Kenneth Smith using an untested method of nitrogen gas, sparking concerns about potential botched procedures and cons...

Evening Standard

Alabama killer hours from becoming first US inmate to be executed with nitrogen gas

The death will be the first attempt to use a new execution method since 1982

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Supreme Court approves untested execution method amid legal and ethical concerns

The Supreme Court has declined to halt the first known U.S. execution by nitrogen gas in Alabama. Experts are concerned about its untested nature and poten...

The Guardian - US

Canadian firm under fire for supplying equipment for Alabama execution

Private equity firm Onex Corp partly owns company that makes mask for use in untested nitrogen hypoxia execution method

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