# nitrogen gas death

USA: Further information: Alabama conducts first nitrogen gas execution - Amnesty International » Kenneth Smith, 58, was executed in Alabama on 25 January 2024, pronounced dead at 8.25pm local time. This was the state’s second attempt to execute him, the first attempt by lethal injection in 2022 having failed. This time, the state used the new method of nitrogen hypoxia. He was sentenced to death at a 1996 […] Amnesty.org

6 Die After Liquid Nitrogen Leak at Georgia Poultry Plant (Published 2021) » Five people were found dead at a Foundation Food Group plant in Gainesville, Ga., and a sixth person died at a hospital, the authorities said. Nytimes.com

Alabama carries out first nitrogen gas execution in US after Supreme Court green light » The southern US state of Alabama on Thursday put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas, the first time the country has used a method that the UN rights chief said may amount to torture. France24.com

Description of Each Execution Method » The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information about capital punishment.… Deathpenaltyinfo.org

6 Killed In Liquid Nitrogen Leak At Georgia Poultry Plant » Officials are investigating what caused the leak at the Gainesville, Ga., plant that also sent 11 other people to the hospital. Npr.org

Kenneth Eugene Smith executed by nitrogen hypoxia in Alabama, marking a first for the death penalty » Alabama went through with its planned execution on Thursday of Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was the first condemned inmate in the U.S. put to death using nitrogen gas. Cbsnews.com