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US’ Alabama to try unprecedented execution method: Is death by pure Nitrogen a human experimentation?

NEW DELHI: Alabama is aiming to become the first state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe pure nitrogen.The Alabama attorney general's office on Friday requested the state Supreme Court to schedule a date for the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, who is currently on death row. The court submission revealed that Alabama intends to carry out his execution using nitrogen hypoxia, a method allowed in three states but never used before.Nitrogen hypoxia is caused by administering pure nitrogen to the inmate, leading to a lack...

US’ Alabama to...

NEW DELHI: Alabama is aiming to become the first state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe pure nitrogen.The Alabama attorney general's...