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The southern US state of Alabama on Thursday put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas, the first time the controversial method decried by human rights advocates has been used in the country.
Alabama put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas, the first time the controversial method criticized by human rights advocates.
UN rights chief condemns US execution using nitrogen gas, calling it potentially torturous. Stay updated on this controversial method of punishment
Fending off doubts and criticisms, Alabama’s attorney general hailed a new execution method as “humane and effective.”
The UN and European Union condemned the United States on Friday after the country's first execution of an inmate using nitrogen asphyxiation, an untested method that has reignited a debate