Tag: nitrogen
United States: Supreme Court refuses to stay nitrogen execution in Alabama
Published on 01/25/2024 at 7:28 a.m. Photo credit © Reuters by Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S.…
United States: a death row inmate executed by nitrogen inhalation in Alabama, a world first
The American state of Alabama executed a convict by nitrogen inhalation on Thursday, a world first that the UN had denounced in advance, comparing this method of execution to a…
Inmate Killed With Nitrogen: UN: Alabama Execution Could ‘Take Torture’
Prisoner killed with nitrogen UN: Execution in Alabama could ‘amount to torture’ January 26, 2024, 11:22 a.m For the first time in the country’s history, a convict is being executed…
US Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Alabama Nitrogen Execution
Published on 01/25/2024 at 10:23 a.m. by Andrew Chung Jan 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Wednesday to stay the…
Execution in Alabama – First death penalty in the USA carried out with nitrogen – News
In the US state of Alabama, a death row prisoner has been executed for the first time using a new nitrogen method, authorities say. The man’s lawyers had previously tried…
Alabama carries out the first nitrogen execution of a death row inmate
The entrance to the Atmore penitentiary, Alabama, United States, on January 25, 2024, the day of the execution by nitrogen inhalation of Kenneth Eugene Smith. MICAH GREEN / REUTERS Despite…
Alabama to execute death row inmate by nitrogen inhalation, world first
The execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, definitively sentenced in 1996 to the death penalty for the murder of a woman ordered by her husband, will be the first of the…
Controversial nitrogen execution in Alabama
The state of Alabama is preparing to execute a condemned man using a new method, nitrogen hypoxia. The execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, is scheduled for Thursday, January 25.…
United States: UN experts denounce plan for first nitrogen execution
Published on 01/03/2024 at 1:53 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations (UN) experts…