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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said Tuesday he is confident in the state’s current lethal injection protocols and has no plans to endorse a switch to nitrogen gas, even as several states are mulling following Alabama’s lead in using nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates. Stitt said he visited the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester in 2020 after the state revamped its lethal injection protocols following a series of problematic executions and he is confident in the way lethal injections are being carried out.

Kenneth Smith was put to death by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution using that method. Now an attorney general vows to help other states

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the White House is "deeply troubled" by Alabama's experimental execution in which a man was put to death by nitrogen gas.

US News: The first-ever case of execution using nitrogen gas in the United States has raised serious concerns. The White House expresses deep trouble over the use of nitrogen gas in executions.

Reading about the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith one cannot help feeling shocked by the gory details.