U.N. Worries About Alabama Murderer's Execution by Nitrogen Hypoxia
Experts with the United Nations are concerned about the execution of an Alabama man being carried out by nitrogen hypoxia.
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Experts with the United Nations are concerned about the execution of an Alabama man being carried out by nitrogen hypoxia.
The United Nations Human Rights Commission expressed outrage Wednesday that convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith would be put to death using the untested method of nitrogen hypoxia in Alabama.
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."
(Sundiata Post) Some top UN-appointed independent human rights experts have called on the U.S. to stop the imminent execution of a man on death row using the untested method of inhaling pure nitrogen. Kenneth Eugene Smith was convicted of murder in 1988 and sentenced to death. He is scheduled to be executed on Jan. 25…
The state will look at the alternative execution method amid a spate of botched executions in the US.