#nitrogenhypoxia — Public Fediverse posts
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#NitrogenHypoxia is a process where pure nitrogen gas, or nitrogen gas at concentrations high enough to be lethal, is inhaled to the point of causing asphyxiation. It is a relatively new alternative to more common forms of #CapitalPunishment, like lethal injection & electrocution, which are the 2 methods used most prevalently across the US, acc/to the #DeathPenalty Information Center.
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The condemned inmate, #KennethEugeneSmith, would be the first to die this way if the #execution proceeds as planned. Smith was convicted in the 1988 killing of a pastor's wife as part of a murder-for-hire scheme & has been imprisoned for decades in #Alabama. He already survived a botched #LethalInjection in Nov 2022 — 1 of 4 in AL since 2018, which was the same year the state authorized the use of #nitrogen hypoxia in the death chamber.
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A death row inmate in #Alabama, #KennethEugeneSmith, is scheduled for #execution Thurs by #NitrogenHypoxia, a controversial & untested method that has prompted #legal pushback & public scrutiny from critics w/in the #UnitedStates & abroad.
#law #DeathPenalty
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-nitrogen-hypoxia-alabama-execution-kenneth-eugene-smith-death-row-untested-controversial/ -
New Method of Execution to be tried for the First Time in Alabama Thursday
https://twitter.com/NewsHour/status/1749245747839508867Thursday, the state of Alabama will try again to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith. Lethal injection was tried on Smith in 2022, one of two men convicted for the murder of Elizabeth Sennett in 1988
https://newsviews.online/2024/01/22/new-method-of-execution-to-be-tried-for-the-first-time-in-alabama-thursday/
#crime #Alabama #KennethEugeneSmith #NitrogenHypoxia -
Nebraska lawmaker proposes new death penalty option amid flurry of bill introductions
Seventy-four new bills were introduced Thursday on the second day of the 2024 session of the #Nebraska Legislature, including one that would give prison officials a new option to carry out the #deathpenalty.
#nitrogenhypoxia #NELeg
https://kearneyhub.com/nebraska-lawmaker-proposes-new-death-penalty-option-amid-flurry-of-bill-introductions/article_901eb61a-ac1b-11ee-b993-97deb5030f8f.html