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Alabama intends to put a man to death with nitrogen gas this week unless stopped by the courts. It would be the first execution attempt with the method in the United States.

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

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

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

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A temporary program for “dangerously mentally ill” patients has continued for five decades, despite calls from critics to provide better care. Soon, Idaho will be the only state still using

A temporary program for “dangerously mentally ill” patients has continued for five decades, despite calls from critics to provide better care. Soon, Idaho will be the only state still using prisons to house patients who face no criminal charges.

For five decades, Idaho has been putting mental health patients into prisons, despite receiving 14 notices that it needs a secure mental health unit that is not a prison.