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The execution, using a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, would be the first attempt to use a new method since lethal injection was introduced in 1982.

Alabama intends to put a man to death with nitrogen gas this week unless stopped by the courts.

Alabama intends to put a man to death with nitrogen gas this week unless stopped by the courts.

Alabama intends to put a man to death with nitrogen gas this week unless stopped by the courts.

Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney Thursday and use a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of oxygen, in the nation’s first execution attempt with the method.

Alabama intends to put a man to death with nitrogen gas this week unless stopped by the courts.

Some medical experts are accusing Alabama of using an experimental procedure to carry out a death sentence later this week for a 58-year-old inmate.

Alabama intends to put a man to death with nitrogen gas this week unless stopped by the courts.

Alabama intends to put a man to death with nitrogen gas this week unless stopped by the courts.

A death row inmate in Alabama is scheduled to become the first ever person put to death by nitrogen hypoxia on Thursday.