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Alabama is poised to use nitrogen gas in a planned execution next month — making it the first of any state to attempt such a method and setting the stage for legal challenges.
Alabama will execute an inmate using a gas chamber in January, the first time such a method will be used in decades for execution in the United States.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Friday filed a motion with the Alabama Supreme Court seeking an execution date for Kenneth Eugene Smith by means of nitrogen hypoxia.
As a number of Catholic organizations across the country roll out guidelines that limit gender expression, one staffer at a parish in Chestnut Hill has tried to make his church welcoming to trans and queer people.
It is unclear when the state will be ready to implement the method of execution Kenneth Smith is requesting.