# nitrogen gas execution

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This state to consider allowing execution by nitrogen gas after Alabama used method » Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow nitrogen gas to be used as a form of execution after Alabama became the first state to use it in the U.S. Abcnews.go.com

Alabama Plans to Carry Out the First Execution Using Nitrogen Gas. A Lot Could Go Wrong. » Lawyers for Kenneth Smith have warned that the method could cause him to suffer a stroke, choke to death on vomit, or be left in a vegetative state. Theintercept.com

Alabama plans to carry out untested execution method with nitrogen gas » The Alabama attorney general’s office says using nitrogen gas is "painless" and "human," but some doctors and critics are raising doubts. Nbcmiami.com

Ohio could begin nitrogen gas executions under bill backed by state's Republican attorney general » Ohio's Republican attorney general is putting his weight behind a legislative effort that would bring nitrogen gas executions to the state and end a yearslong unofficial moratorium on the death penalty. Pbs.org

Doctors, ethicists skeptical that nitrogen executions will be humane • Florida Phoenix » Alabama’s announcement that it will try to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen gas suffocation will set off a round of issues about the ethics and practicality of using an untested and unproven method of execution. The Alabama Attorney General’s Office said in an Aug. 25 request to set an execution date for Smith that […] Floridaphoenix.com

Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used » Kenneth Eugene Smith, a 58-year-old convicted killer, has become the first person in the U.S. to be executed with nitrogen gas at a South Alabama prison. Apnews.com