Alabama inmate asks judge to block first nitrogen gas execution
Gov. Kay Ivey this month set a Jan. 25 execution date for Smith using nitrogen hypoxia.
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.
Attorneys for an Alabama inmate on death row asked a federal appeals court Monday to block his upcoming execution, arguing the state has a history of troubled lethal injections.
A federal appeals court on Friday said Alabama cannot execute a man with an IQ in the 70s, agreeing with a lower court’s ruling that he is intellectually disabled and that his death sentence is unconstitutional.