A federal judge heard arguments about the humaneness and risks of execution by nitrogen gas as he weighs whether to let Alabama attempt the nation’s first use of the method.
Rev. Jeff Hood says restrictions would interfere with his ability to minister to Kenneth Smith before he is put to death by nitrogen gas.
Gov. Kay Ivey this month set a Jan. 25 execution date for Smith using nitrogen hypoxia.
An Alabama inmate convicted of killing a man during a 1993 robbery when he was a teenager was executed Thursday by lethal injection.
A divided Alabama Supreme Court said the state can execute an inmate with nitrogen gas, a method that has not been used.
Gov. Kay Ivey has scheduled an execution date for an inmate convicted of shooting and killing a man during a 1993 robbery.
Lawyers for an Alabama inmate are asking judges to deny the state’s request to carry out his death sentence using nitrogen hypoxia.
Alabama is seeking to become the first state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe pure nitrogen.
Alabama executed a man on Friday for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state resumed lethal injections after failed executions prompted the governor to order an internal review of procedures.
Alabama plans to execute an inmate on Thursday for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state seeks to carry out its first lethal injection after a pause in executions following a string of problems with inserting the IVs.
