Alabama can use nitrogen in execution, state's top court rules
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Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi have OK'd nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method but no state has tried to use it. More litigation over the issue is seen as likely.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A divided Alabama Supreme Court said the state can execute an inmate with nitrogen gas, a method that has not previously been used
The decision moves Alabama closer to being the first state to attempt an execution with nitrogen gas, although there is likely to be additional litigation.
The Alabama Supreme Court voted and approved moving forward with an inmate's execution using nitrogen gas. The inmate, Kenneth Eugene Smith, was convicted of murder in 1988.
Robin Maher, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, regarding the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that the state can execute an inmate with nitrogen gas, a method that has not previously been used to carry out a death sentence. Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi have authorized…
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled in a 6-2 decision on Wednesday that the state can use nitrogen gas to execute the inmate, The Associated Press reported.
Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi have OK'd nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method but no state has tried to use it. More litigation over the issue is seen as likely.
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