Louisiana death row inmate who is scheduled to die by nitrogen hypoxia challenges the method
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Louisiana death row inmate who is scheduled to die by nitrogen hypoxia challenges the method

Associated Press  

— A death row inmate in Louisiana who is scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more “humane” method. Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued against the capital punishment method of nitrogen hypoxia in a Baton Rouge federal court on Friday. The only execution methods for carrying out capital punishment listed in Louisiana law are nitrogen hypoxia, lethal injection and electrocution. After Louisiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature added nitrogen hypoxia to the list of methods to carry out capital punishment last year, officials saw a path to resume executions.

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Agonizing amount of time it took convicted killer to die after being executed with nitrogen gas
5 days, 12 hours ago

Agonizing amount of time it took convicted killer to die after being executed with nitrogen gas

Daily Mail  

A convicted murderer was put to death in a Louisiana prison using nitrogen gas, the first time the state has used the controversial method as it resumed executions after 15 years. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced dead at 6:50pm on Tuesday at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in an execution that lasted 19 minutes. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced …

Louisiana conducts its first nitrogen gas execution after 15-year hiatus
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5 days, 15 hours ago

Louisiana conducts its first nitrogen gas execution after 15-year hiatus

India Today  

Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman Jr. on Tuesday evening using nitrogen gas, marking the first time the state has employed the method and resuming executions after a 15-year hiatus. The state’s GOP-dominated legislature expanded execution methods last year to include nitrogen hypoxia and electrocution, in addition to lethal injection. Alabama first used the method last year to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith, …

Louisiana death row inmate asks for last-minute court ruling to halt nitrogen gas execution
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6 days, 11 hours ago

Louisiana death row inmate asks for last-minute court ruling to halt nitrogen gas execution

Hindustan Times  

— On the day that Louisiana's first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the death penalty from being carried out. Louisiana death row inmate asks for last-minute court ruling to halt nitrogen gas execution Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is scheduled to be put to …

Louisiana death row inmate asks for last-minute court ruling to halt nitrogen gas execution
6 days, 11 hours ago

Louisiana death row inmate asks for last-minute court ruling to halt nitrogen gas execution

Associated Press  

— On the day that Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the death penalty from being carried out. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday evening using nitrogen gas, which would be the first time Louisiana has …

Appeals court says Louisiana can carry out the state’s first nitrogen gas execution next week
1 week, 2 days ago

Appeals court says Louisiana can carry out the state’s first nitrogen gas execution next week

Associated Press  

— Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned next week after a federal appeals court on Friday vacated a preliminary injunction granted by a lower judge. Hoffman’s attorney, Cecelia Kappel, denounced the decision, saying the “new execution method is likely to cause Jessie to suffer psychological terror and a torturous death.” Under the state’s …

A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution. The state says it will appeal
1 week, 5 days ago

A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution. The state says it will appeal

Associated Press  

— A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. In her ruling, Dick said the court is tasked with answering the question: “Is nitrogen hypoxia cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment?” Dick went on to say that it is in the public’s interest to halt …

Louisiana and Arkansas look to nitrogen executions
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Louisiana and Arkansas look to nitrogen executions

Hindustan Times  

— Hours after the nation’s first execution by nitrogen gas in January last year, Alabama's attorney general urged other states to also develop it as a method for carrying out death sentences. “As Alabama has demonstrated, nitrogen hypoxia is a humane and effective method of execution,” Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said as he praised Louisiana’s plans to use it, …

Louisiana and Arkansas look to nitrogen executions
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Louisiana and Arkansas look to nitrogen executions

Associated Press  

— Hours after the nation’s first execution by nitrogen gas in January last year, Alabama’s attorney general urged other states to also develop it as a method for carrying out death sentences. “As Alabama has demonstrated, nitrogen hypoxia is a humane and effective method of execution,” Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said as he praised Louisiana’s plans to use it, …

Lethal injection, electrocution and now firing squads. A look at US execution methods
3 weeks ago

Lethal injection, electrocution and now firing squads. A look at US execution methods

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in nearly 15 years. Since the Supreme Court lifted its ban on capital punishment in 1976, states have used five different execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad and hanging. Here’s a …

Nitrogen gas is banned in Louisiana to euthanize dogs. The state plans to kill a death row inmate next month with it
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Nitrogen gas is banned in Louisiana to euthanize dogs. The state plans to kill a death row inmate next month with it

The Independent  

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Death penalty: Why Louisiana is restarting executions for the first time in 15 years.
55 years, 2 months ago

Death penalty: Why Louisiana is restarting executions for the first time in 15 years.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. As the prosecutor in Hoffman’s case explained, he moved quickly because ​“the only rea­son why hasn’t been car­ried out is because there was not a means to execute the sentence.” The story would likely be the same in several …

Louisiana seeks to resume executions imminently after a 15-year pause
1 month, 1 week ago

Louisiana seeks to resume executions imminently after a 15-year pause

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using nitrogen gas as the execution method, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday. State’s GOP Legislature expanded execution methods The push to resume executions follows a move last year by the state’s GOP-dominated Legislature to expand death row …

Louisiana seeks to resume executions imminently after a 15-year pause
1 month, 1 week ago

Louisiana seeks to resume executions imminently after a 15-year pause

The Independent  

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Alabama puts man to death for a 1991 murder in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Alabama puts man to death for a 1991 murder in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas

Hindustan Times  

ATMORE, Ala. — An Alabama man convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday evening in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas. Alabama puts man to death for a 1991 murder in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas Demetrius Frazier, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m. at …

Serial killer & rapist executed in Alabama using nitrogen gas
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Serial killer & rapist executed in Alabama using nitrogen gas

Firstpost  

Demetrius Frazier, 52, was sentenced to death in 1996 for the 1991 murder of 40-year-old Pauline Brown, a mother of two, in the Alabama city of Birmingham Steven Nelson, 37, spent 12 years on Texas death row and scheduled for execution on February 5, 2025 stands behind glass at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit, the prison that houses the 169 …

Alabama puts man to death in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas
Top News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Alabama puts man to death in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas

NPR  

Alabama puts man to death in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas toggle caption Jake May/MLive.com/The Flint Journal ATMORE, Ala. — A man convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday evening in Alabama in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas. Alabama became the first state to conduct …

Alabama puts man to death for a 1991 murder in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Alabama puts man to death for a 1991 murder in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas

Associated Press  

ATMORE, Ala. — An man convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday evening in Alabama in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas. Recently, Frazier’s mother and death penalty opponents had pleaded to Whitmer to take Frazier back to his home state of Michigan to complete his life sentence …

Convicted murderer to be executed in Alabama using nitrogen gas
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Convicted murderer to be executed in Alabama using nitrogen gas

Raw Story  

A serial rapist and murderer is to be put to death by nitrogen gas in Alabama on Thursday, the fourth use of the controversial execution method in the southern US state. Michigan does not have the death penalty and Frazier was serving a life sentence there for Kendrick's murder and for two separate rape convictions. Alabama carried out three executions …

Federal judge refuses to block upcoming Alabama nitrogen gas execution of Demetrius Frazier
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Federal judge refuses to block upcoming Alabama nitrogen gas execution of Demetrius Frazier

CNN  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. AP — A federal judge on Friday refused to stop what would be the fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S., saying the inmate had not proven his claims that the new method is unconstitutionally cruel and causes psychological terror. Chief District Judge Emily C. Marks rejected Demetrius Frazier’s request for a preliminary injunction to either stop his …

Federal Judge rules Alabama's nitrogen execution method is constitutional
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Federal Judge rules Alabama's nitrogen execution method is constitutional

India Today  

MONTGOMERY: A federal judge on Friday refused to stop what would be the fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S., saying the inmate had not proven his claims that the new method is unconstitutionally cruel and causes psychological terror. Chief District Judge Emily C. Marks rejected Demetrius Frazier’s request for a preliminary injunction to either stop his execution on Thursday …

Federal judge refuses to block upcoming Alabama nitrogen gas execution
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Federal judge refuses to block upcoming Alabama nitrogen gas execution

The Hindu  

A federal judge on Friday refused to stop what would be the fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S., saying the inmate had not proven his claims that the new method is unconstitutionally cruel and causes psychological terror. Chief District Judge Emily C. Marks rejected Demetrius Frazier’s request for a preliminary injunction to either stop his execution on Thursday in …

Alabama inmate asks court to block nitrogen gas execution
2 months, 1 week ago

Alabama inmate asks court to block nitrogen gas execution

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Attorneys for an Alabama inmate scheduled to be the fourth person put to death with nitrogen gas on Wednesday asked a federal judge to block the execution, arguing that the first three inmates showed signs of suffering from suffocation as the gas flowed. His attorneys in a Wednesday court filing asked a judge to block the execution …

Alabama carries out third nitrogen gas execution
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4 months ago

Alabama carries out third nitrogen gas execution

Raw Story  

An Alabama man convicted of the murder of a hitchhiker was put to death by nitrogen gas on Thursday, officials said, the third use of the controversial execution method in the southern US state this year. The execution of Carey Grayson, 49, was conducted at the William Holman Correctional Facility in the town of Atmore, where he was pronounced dead …

US state of Alabama carries out third execution by nitrogen gas
4 months ago

US state of Alabama carries out third execution by nitrogen gas

Al Jazeera  

Carey Grayson was executed using controversial method after being convicted of the 1994 murder of a hitchhiker. A man convicted of murdering a hitchhiker 30 years ago has become the third person in the United States to be executed by nitrogen gas. Carey Grayson, 50, was executed in Alabama on Thursday after the US Supreme Court declined a request for …

Hitchhike killer to be executed with controversial nitrogen gas method
4 months ago

Hitchhike killer to be executed with controversial nitrogen gas method

The Independent  

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Alan Miller becomes the second death row inmate executed by nitrogen hypoxia in the US
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Alan Miller becomes the second death row inmate executed by nitrogen hypoxia in the US

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Alan Eugene Miller: Alabama has executed the second inmate known to die by nitrogen gas
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Alan Eugene Miller: Alabama has executed the second inmate known to die by nitrogen gas

CNN  

CNN — Alan Eugene Miller was executed Thursday evening in Alabama, state officials said, making him the second inmate known to die by nitrogen hypoxia, a controversial method critics say is tantamount to torture. Three families were forever changed by his heinous crimes, and I pray that they can find comfort all these years later.” Miller’s execution came after a …

Alabama opposes defense attorneys’ request to film nitrogen execution
6 months, 1 week ago

Alabama opposes defense attorneys’ request to film nitrogen execution

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The state of Alabama asked a judge Friday to deny defense lawyers’ request to film the next execution by nitrogen gas in an attempt to help courts evaluate whether the new method is humane. The request to record the scheduled Sept. 26 execution of Alan Miller was filed by attorneys for another man facing the death penalty, …

Alabama settles lawsuit with death row inmate set to become second executed by nitrogen gas
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Alabama settles lawsuit with death row inmate set to become second executed by nitrogen gas

CNN  

CNN — The office of Alabama’s attorney general has settled a federal lawsuit filed by death row inmate Alan Miller over the state’s plan for him to become the second known person in the nation to be executed using nitrogen gas. Miller’s lawsuit, he said, was “based on media speculation” the first person known to have been executed in the …

Nitrogen hypoxia execution doesn’t seem headed for widespread adoption as bills fall short and nitrogen producers object
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Nitrogen hypoxia execution doesn’t seem headed for widespread adoption as bills fall short and nitrogen producers object

CNN  

CNN — The day after Alabama carried out the first-known US execution using nitrogen gas, its attorney general sent a clear message to death penalty states that might want to follow suit: “Alabama has done it, and now so can you.” Indeed, in the weeks immediately following the January execution of Kenneth Smith, it appeared a handful of states were …

Alabama schedules second nitrogen gas execution for man who survived lethal injection attempt
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Alabama schedules second nitrogen gas execution for man who survived lethal injection attempt

The Independent  

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Lawmakers bidding to resume Louisiana executions after 14-year pause OK new death penalty methods
1 year ago

Lawmakers bidding to resume Louisiana executions after 14-year pause OK new death penalty methods

Associated Press  

— Bidding to resume Louisiana executions after a 14-year pause, the state’s Republican-dominated Legislature gave final passage to a bill Thursday to add electrocution and the use of nitrogen gas as means of administering the death penalty. Amid ongoing challenges over obtaining lethal injection drugs, Louisiana’s bill follows in the steps of other reliably red states that have expanded their …

Louisiana advances a bill expanding death penalty methods in an effort to resume executions
1 year, 1 month ago

Louisiana advances a bill expanding death penalty methods in an effort to resume executions

Associated Press  

— In an effort to resume Louisiana’s death row executions that have been paused for 14 years, lawmakers on Friday advanced a bill that would add the use of nitrogen gas and electrocution as possible methods to carry out capital punishment. Over the past couple of decades, executions in the United States have reduced — in part because of legal …

Alabama seeks to carry out 2nd execution using controversial nitrogen gas method
1 year, 1 month ago

Alabama seeks to carry out 2nd execution using controversial nitrogen gas method

NPR  

Alabama seeks to carry out 2nd execution using controversial nitrogen gas method Enlarge this image toggle caption Dave Martin/AP Dave Martin/AP MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is seeking to put a second inmate to death using nitrogen gas, a move that comes a month after the state carried out the first execution using the controversial new method. "The State of Alabama …

First nitrogen execution was a ‘botched’ human experiment, Alabama lawsuit alleges
1 year, 1 month ago

First nitrogen execution was a ‘botched’ human experiment, Alabama lawsuit alleges

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama death row inmate filed a lawsuit Thursday that challenges the constitutionality of nitrogen gas executions, arguing that the first person in the nation put to death by that method shook violently for several minutes in “a human experiment that officials botched miserably.” The lawsuit filed in federal court in Alabama alleges the January execution of …

Louisiana lawmaker proposes adding nitrogen gas and electrocution to the state’s execution methods
1 year, 1 month ago

Louisiana lawmaker proposes adding nitrogen gas and electrocution to the state’s execution methods

Associated Press  

— Louisiana’s infamous electric chair — dubbed by death row inmates as “Gruesome Gertie” — was last used for an execution in 1991, when the state moved to lethal injections as the sole method to carry out capital punishment. The Deep South state is exploring adding the newest execution technique of oxygen deprivation using nitrogen gas, which was used in …

Alabama death penalty nitrogen hypoxia: Inside the chamber for Kenny Smith’s execution.
1 year, 1 month ago

Alabama death penalty nitrogen hypoxia: Inside the chamber for Kenny Smith’s execution.

Slate  

Last week, Alabama had a “first in the nation” moment. It’s absolutely horrible.” In the days since Kenny Smith was killed, there’s been an active public debate about whether his execution went well or went poorly. Kenny’s story represents all of the things that are wrong with not just the death penalty but the criminal justice system in Alabama. I’ve …

Could Louisiana soon resume death row executions?
1 year, 1 month ago

Could Louisiana soon resume death row executions?

Associated Press  

— Louisiana hasn’t carried out a death row execution since 2010, but between a new conservative governor who is in favor of capital punishment and other states implementing alternative methods to lethal injections, the Deep South state could soon look at ways to resume. Jeff Landry hinted at a willingness to explore expanding execution methods, saying he is committed to …

Kenneth Smith’s execution condemned with 43 more death row inmates slated to die by nitrogen: Updates
1 year, 1 month ago

Kenneth Smith’s execution condemned with 43 more death row inmates slated to die by nitrogen: Updates

The Independent  

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Will other states replicate Alabama’s nitrogen execution?
1 year, 1 month ago

Will other states replicate Alabama’s nitrogen execution?

Associated Press  

ATMORE, Ala. — Alabama’s first-ever use of nitrogen gas for an execution could gain traction among other states and change how the death penalty is carried out in the United States, much like lethal injection did more than 40 years ago, according to experts on capital punishment. “I think the nation, as far as correctional entities, is watching this to …

Alabama execution using nitrogen gas, the first ever, again puts US at front of death penalty debate
1 year, 1 month ago

Alabama execution using nitrogen gas, the first ever, again puts US at front of death penalty debate

The Hindu  

A man put to death using nitrogen gas appeared to shake and convulse on the gurney as Alabama carried out the first-of-its-kind execution that once again placed the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. “I’ll end by saying Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett got her justice tonight.” The European Union and the UN Human Rights Office expressed regret …

Alabama execution using nitrogen gas, the first ever, again puts US at front of death penalty debate
1 year, 1 month ago

Alabama execution using nitrogen gas, the first ever, again puts US at front of death penalty debate

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a final statement, Smith said: “Tonight Alabama causes …

Alabama nitrogen gas execution reignites US capital punishment debate
1 year, 1 month ago

Alabama nitrogen gas execution reignites US capital punishment debate

Associated Press  

ATMORE, Ala. — A man put to death using nitrogen gas shook and convulsed for minutes on the gurney as Alabama carried out the first-of-its-kind execution that has ignited debate over the humaneness of the method. “Nothing was out of the ordinary from what we were expecting.” Marshall said he anticipated Alabama “will definitely have more nitrogen hypoxia executions.” More …

Alabama carries out first known execution with nitrogen gas in the US. Here’s what we know
1 year, 1 month ago

Alabama carries out first known execution with nitrogen gas in the US. Here’s what we know

CNN  

CNN — Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution using that method. Here’s what we know about the historic execution: In Alabama, 43 other inmates have requested new execution method After widespread discussion and speculation about how Smith’s execution would unfold, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall told reporters …

US: In a first, Alabama executes convicted murderer with nitrogen gas. How it works?
1 year, 1 month ago

US: In a first, Alabama executes convicted murderer with nitrogen gas. How it works?

India TV News  

Alabama: The US state of Alabama on Thursday executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas, the first-of-a-kind execution method of capital punishment since America began using lethal injections four decades ago. The 58-year-old Kenneth Eugene Smith was pronounced dead at 8:25 pm at an Alabama prison after breathing pure nitrogen gas through a face mask. “Tonight Alabama causes humanity to …

Alabama to carry out first-ever execution by nitrogen gas of inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith
1 year, 1 month ago

Alabama to carry out first-ever execution by nitrogen gas of inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith

Hindustan Times  

Alabama is set to execute death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas, with him becoming the first person in the United States to be put to death using the untested method. The Supreme court this week refused to stop Alabama from executing Smith using the controversial method, known as nitrogen hypoxia. This undated photo provided by the Alabama …

Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used
1 year, 1 month ago

Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used

Associated Press  

ATMORE, Ala. — Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again placed the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. “I pray that Elizabeth Sennett’s family can receive closure after all these years dealing with that great loss.” Mike Sennett, the victim’s son, said Thursday …

Federal Court Says Alabama Can Carry Out First Nitrogen Gas Execution
1 year, 1 month ago

Federal Court Says Alabama Can Carry Out First Nitrogen Gas Execution

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, refusing to block what would be the nation’s first execution by a new method since 1982. “I remain confident that the Supreme Court will come down on the side of justice, and that Smith’s execution …

What’s nitrogen hypoxia? Alabama carries out Kenneth Smith’s US execution
1 year, 1 month ago

What’s nitrogen hypoxia? Alabama carries out Kenneth Smith’s US execution

Al Jazeera  

Smith became the first inmate in history executed with nitrogen gas. Alabama, a US state with 165 people on death row, on Thursday night carried out the first-ever execution by an untested method known as nitrogen hypoxia. According to Stafford Smith, the lawyer, nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method originated from a television programme 15 years ago, featuring former British …

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