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Under a settlement announced by the state of Alabama, Alan Miller will be the second inmate in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas. (Associated Press file)
Aug 7, 2024

Alabama advances nitrogen gas execution plan

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama‘s attorney general said Monday that another nitrogen gas execution will go forward in September after the state reached a settlement agreement with the inmate slated to […]

Alan Eugene Miller is escorted from the city jail in Pelham, Ala., on Aug. 5, 1999. If done as planned, Miller’s death sentence will be the second the state carries out using nitrogen gas. (Associated Press file)
May 3, 2024

Alabama court OKs second nitrogen execution

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama has authorized the execution of a second inmate by nitrogen gas, months after the state became the first state to put a person to death with […]

Feb 16, 2024

Louisiana to consider nitrogen, electrocution for executions

BATON ROGUE, La. — Louisiana’s infamous electric chair — dubbed by death row inmates as “Gruesome Gertie” — was last used for an execution in 1991, when the state moved […]

Jan 29, 2024

Other states consider nitrogen for executions

ATMORE, Ala. — Alabama‘s first-ever use of nitrogen gas for an execution could gain traction among other states and change how the death penalty is carried out in the United […]

Jan 22, 2024

Alabama prepares first nitrogen gas execution

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is preparing to use a new method of execution: nitrogen gas. Kenneth Eugene Smith, who survived the state’s previous attempt to put him to death by […]

Nov 3, 2023

Court OKs execution by nitrogen gas

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A divided Alabama Supreme Court said the state can execute an inmate with nitrogen gas, a method that has not previously been used carry out a death […]


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