# nitrogen gas death

Lawsuit challenges Alabama's plan to execute a death row inmate with nitrogen gas » Alabama is preparing to employ a new method of execution using nitrogen gas following botched attempts at lethal injections last year. Cbsnews.com

First U.S. execution by nitrogen gas would cause "painful and humiliating death," U.N. experts warn » Experts have denounced Alabama's planned execution of a death row inmate by nitrogen hypoxia — an untested suffocation method that they say could cause "grave suffering." Cbsnews.com

Alabama Inmate Asks Judge to Block First Nitrogen Gas Execution » Lawyers for the first inmate scheduled to be put to death using nitrogen gas said Monday that Alabama is seeking to make him the “test case” for an experimental execution method Usnews.com

Alabama Inmate Asks Federal Appeals Court to Block First-Ever Execution by Nitrogen Gas » An attorney for an Alabama inmate set to be the nation’s first person ever put to death by nitrogen gas on Friday asked a federal appeals court Friday to block the upcoming execution using “untested methods” Kenneth Smith is scheduled to be executed by the never-used method Thursday at a south Alabama prison Usnews.com

Alabama plans to carry out first nitrogen gas execution. How will it work and what are the risks? » Alabama is preparing to use a new method of execution: nitrogen gas. 1011now.com

Nebraska Bill Would Add Asphyxiation by Nitrogen Gas as Form of Execution for Death Row Inmates » A Nebraska lawmaker has introduced a bill to add asphyxiation by nitrogen to the state's method of carrying out the death penalty Usnews.com