Tag: NITROGEN SUFFOCATION

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Carey Dale Grayson execution appeal; Execution set to go forward Thursday evening

The U.S. Supreme denied a request to review the scheduled Thursday execution of Carey Dale Grayson, paving the way for the Alabama Department of Corrections to carry out the punishment using nitrogen hypoxia.

State set to perform third nitrogen gas execution on Thursday, despite planned protests, vigils

Despite a series of planned protests and vigils, the state is all set to carry out its third nitrogen gas execution on Thursday in the case of a man convicted for the 1994 kidnapping and murder of a female hitchhiker.

Wall Street Journal defends proposed execution method in Alabama

A recent opinion written in the Wall Street Journal gave a lengthy defense of Alabama’s plans to carry out the world’s first execution by Nitrogen suffocation.

Death row inmate to re-select method of execution

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Alabama death row inmate Matthew Reeves will be able to re-select his method of execution....