Tag: nitrogen suffocation execution

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.

Alabama Supreme Court gives go-ahead in first-ever nitrogen suffocation execution

The Alabama Supreme Court has officially set the date for the first-ever execution by nitrogen suffocation in the long saga of Kenneth Eugene Smith.