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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 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

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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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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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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.

WEKU

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’

The Guardian - US

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

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

Al Jazeera

Up First briefing: Boeing faces production caps, Haley bets on South Carolina

The FAA laid out a plan for Boeing 737 Max 9 jets to resume flying, but also hit the company with production caps. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley pins her presidential hopes on her home state.

WEKU

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...

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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...

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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

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: fresh warning over Antarctic melt; gas move before new cost-of living relief; De Minaur out of Open

Australia is not prepared for how ice changes could pummel its economy, a leading scientist says

The Guardian - US

‘I’m not ready, brother’: US man to be put to death months after botched execution attempt

Kenneth Smith, to be executed in Alabama by untested nitrogen-gas method, tells Guardian of nightmares from failed lethal injection

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Controversial Nitrogen Gas Execution Sparks International Outrage

Learn about the upcoming execution using nitrogen gas in Alabama and the concerns raised by UN experts regarding the method and its implications.

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Up First briefing: Pakistan attacks Iran; Maine court holds Trump ballot decision

Pakistan announced this morning it launched strikes against Iran in response to Iranian attacks earlier this week. A Maine court has put on hold the decision to bar Trump from the primary.

The Guardian - US

Alarm as Alabama man to be executed via gas method rejected by veterinarians

Death row prisoner Kenneth Smith, 58, to be killed via nitrogen-gas procedure animal scientists have ruled out for ethical reasons

WEKU

Kenneth Smith could be the first person executed with nitrogen gas. He spoke with NPR

Smith rarely speaks with reporters about surviving a lethal injection execution in 2022. But he talked with NPR about Alabama's plans to try again, this time with a new method: nitrogen gas.

The Independent UK

Judge rules Kenneth Smith execution by nitrogen gas can move forward

Convicted murderer expected to be put to death later this month in first execution of its kind

AAP

Australia's Dr Death fights for condemned killer in US

Australia's Dr Death has taken the stand in defence of a condemned man, warning US officials who botched his first execution could be about to do it again

The Guardian - US

US death-penalty states buck public sentiment to find new ways to kill

Half of Americans call capital punishment unfair but a handful of states are pressing ahead using novel methods and secrecy

The Independent UK

UN experts join uproar over US plans for nitrogen gas execution

‘We are concerned that nitrogen hypoxia would result in a painful and humiliating death,’ the UN experts warned

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