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Kenneth Smith is scheduled to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia which four UN monitors say could amount to torture

Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to become the first death row inmate to be executed with nitrogen. His pastor says the untested procedure is a cruel violation of religious liberties, Bevan Hurley reports

An anti-death penalty group says Alabama corrections officials apparently botched a man's execution last month

Florida’s prison officials are asking legislators to enact more layers of secrecy around the state’s method of executing Death Row inmates, floating a bill that would make confidential any records that “could reasonably lead to the identification of any person or entity participating in an execution.”