Alabama completes first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation

[pizzaaddict]

ATMORE, Alabama, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Alabama put to death convicted murderer Kenneth Smith on Thursday evening, Govenor Kay Ivey said, completing the first execution using asphyxiation by nitrogen gas, which the state is advancing as a simpler alternative to lethal injections.

The state has called its new protocol "the most painless and humane method of execution known to man."

United Nations human rights experts and lawyers for Smith, who survived Alabama's previous botched attempt to execute him by lethal injection, had sought to prevent it, saying the method was risky, experimental and could lead to a torturous death or non-fatal injury.

 

Alabama prison officials and journalists who observed Smith's execution were due to brief reporters later on Thursday evening.

Smith, convicted of a 1988 murder-for-hire, was a rare prisoner who has already survived one execution attempt. In November 2022, Alabama officials aborted his execution by lethal injection after struggling for hours to insert an intravenous line's needle in his body.

"On March 18, 1988, 45-year-old Elizabeth Sennett's life was brutally taken from her by Kenneth Eugene Smith," Governor Ivery said in a statement. "After more than 30 years and attempt after attempt to game the system, Mr. Smith has answered for his horrendous crimes."

[Bulls_Rose]

endi oka murder ke death penality aha? mari schools lo pillani champudu malls lo 20-30 mandini lepti vallaki emo prison lo food /fed/shelter.  emi rules va ivi.  evaliri ela kavalo ala rasukuntunaru. love da 

[kevinUsa]

11 hours ago, pizzaaddict said:

ATMORE, Alabama, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Alabama put to death convicted murderer Kenneth Smith on Thursday evening, Govenor Kay Ivey said, completing the first execution using asphyxiation by nitrogen gas, which the state is advancing as a simpler alternative to lethal injections.

The state has called its new protocol "the most painless and humane method of execution known to man."

United Nations human rights experts and lawyers for Smith, who survived Alabama's previous botched attempt to execute him by lethal injection, had sought to prevent it, saying the method was risky, experimental and could lead to a torturous death or non-fatal injury.

 

Alabama prison officials and journalists who observed Smith's execution were due to brief reporters later on Thursday evening.

Smith, convicted of a 1988 murder-for-hire, was a rare prisoner who has already survived one execution attempt. In November 2022, Alabama officials aborted his execution by lethal injection after struggling for hours to insert an intravenous line's needle in his body.

"On March 18, 1988, 45-year-old Elizabeth Sennett's life was brutally taken from her by Kenneth Eugene Smith," Governor Ivery said in a statement. "After more than 30 years and attempt after attempt to game the system, Mr. Smith has answered for his horrendous crimes."

any complaints from the person ??

[JackSeal]

14 minutes ago, Bulls_Rose said:

endi oka murder ke death penality aha? mari schools lo pillani champudu malls lo 20-30 mandini lepti vallaki emo prison lo food /fed/shelter.  emi rules va ivi.  evaliri ela kavalo ala rasukuntunaru. love da 

As per alabama law death penality for supari thesukoni champadam.

[Paamu]

vaadi age 58 anta 

[pizzaaddict]

18 hours ago, kevinUsa said:

any complaints from the person ??

Opponents to nitrogen gas, however, have argued that its use as an execution method would be inhumane, causing a drawn-out, humiliating death in which an inmate would suffer.

"This will not be a death that will be discreet," Joel Zivot, an associate professor in anesthesiology at Emory University's School of Medicine, told USA TODAY prior to the execution. "It may be prolonged. I think that there will be a good chance there will be some suffering."

Zivot, who submitted a complaint to the United Nations Human Rights Council, expressed concerns that the nitrogen gas could induce a seizure in Smith, cause him to vomit and could even pose a hazard to others in the room if it leaks out from a poorly-secured mask.

"The law requires that this execution not be cruel," Zivot said. "From what has been described to me, what I know about nitrogen gas and how it may work, this to me feels well within the definition of cruelty." 

U.N. experts responded to his complaint in January sharing his alarm and warning that the untested execution method may cause “grave suffering” and likely violates the prohibition on torture. 

Despite the pushback, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has called nitrogen gas “perhaps the most humane method of execution ever devised.”

[Rabbo]

On 1/25/2024 at 10:39 PM, pizzaaddict said:

ATMORE, Alabama, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Alabama put to death convicted murderer Kenneth Smith on Thursday evening, Govenor Kay Ivey said, completing the first execution using asphyxiation by nitrogen gas, which the state is advancing as a simpler alternative to lethal injections.

The state has called its new protocol "the most painless and humane method of execution known to man."

United Nations human rights experts and lawyers for Smith, who survived Alabama's previous botched attempt to execute him by lethal injection, had sought to prevent it, saying the method was risky, experimental and could lead to a torturous death or non-fatal injury.

 

Alabama prison officials and journalists who observed Smith's execution were due to brief reporters later on Thursday evening.

Smith, convicted of a 1988 murder-for-hire, was a rare prisoner who has already survived one execution attempt. In November 2022, Alabama officials aborted his execution by lethal injection after struggling for hours to insert an intravenous line's needle in his body.

"On March 18, 1988, 45-year-old Elizabeth Sennett's life was brutally taken from her by Kenneth Eugene Smith," Governor Ivery said in a statement. "After more than 30 years and attempt after attempt to game the system, Mr. Smith has answered for his horrendous crimes."

Without pain and how many minutes it takes to execute , any details  ?

[pizzaaddict]

5 minutes ago, Rabbo said:

Without pain and how many minutes it takes to execute , any details  ?

The reason for choosing nitrogen gas and not sure of time & whether it can be painless or not . Following has been reported in media 

Alabama inmate executed with nitrogen gas was ‘shaking violently’ for 22 minutes, witnesses say

 

[Sucker]

23 hours ago, kevinUsa said:

any complaints from the person ??