# how does nitrogen gas execution work

Alabama sets January execution date using nitrogen gas » Alabama has set a January execution date for what could be the nation’s first death sentence carried out by nitrogen gas. Alabama Gov. Apnews.com

‘Astonishingly cruel’: Alabama seeks to test execution method on death row ‘guinea pig’ » Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen Theguardian.com

Alabama plans to carry out 1st nitrogen gas execution; how will it work and what are the risks? » Kenneth Eugene Smith, who survived Alabama’s previous attempt to put him to death by lethal injection in 2022, is scheduled to be put to death Thursday by nitrogen hypoxia. If carried out, it would the first new method of execution since lethal injection was introduced in 1982. Stripes.com

Description of Each Execution Method » The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information about capital punishment.… Deathpenaltyinfo.org

Opinion | Alabama Has a Horrible New Way of Killing People on Death Row » The method is not even recommended for euthanizing dogs and cats. Nytimes.com

Use of Nitrogen Hypoxia for Alabama Executions Could Endanger Spiritual Advisors and Prison Staff in the Execution Chamber » In August 2023, Alabama released the first-ever execution protocol for nitrogen hypoxia, an untested execution method in which prisoners will be put to… Deathpenaltyinfo.org