Alabama court says state can execute inmate with nitrogen gas
A divided Alabama Supreme Court said the state can execute an inmate with nitrogen gas, a method that has not previously been used carry out a death sentence.
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A divided Alabama Supreme Court said the state can execute an inmate with nitrogen gas, a method that has not previously been used carry out a death sentence.
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A divided Alabama Supreme Court has said that Alabama can execute an inmate with nitrogen gas, a method that has not previously been used carry out a death sentence. The
The Alabama Supreme Court voted and approved moving forward with an inmate's execution using nitrogen gas. The inmate, Kenneth Eugene Smith, was convicted of murder in 1988.
Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi have OK'd nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method but no state has tried to use it. More litigation over the issue is seen as likely.