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Alabama executes prisoner with new nitrogen asphyxiation method
Kenneth Smith, convicted of a 1988 murder-for-hire was a rare prisoner who had already survived one execution attempt.
Fri Jan 26 2024
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UN experts sound alarm over planned first US execution by nitrogen gas
United Nations said the untested method may subject him to "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or even torture."
Thu Jan 04 2024