The New York Times

Alabama Carries Out First U.S. Execution by Nitrogen

The state executed Kenneth Smith on Thursday using the untested method of nitrogen hypoxia after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Abbie VanSickle Nicholas Bogel ...
The New York Times

Alabama Hails Nitrogen Gas Execution, a New Attempt to Address an Old Challenge

Fending off doubts and criticisms, Alabama’s attorney general hailed a new execution method as “humane and effective.” By Shaila Dewan For as long as America has had the death penalty, there have been ...
NBC News

South Carolina kills death-row prisoner in state's first firing squad execution

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man convicted in a double murder in 2002 died Friday by firing squad, a rarely used execution method never before carried out by the state. Brad Sigmon, 67, was ...
CNN

Execution by nitrogen hypoxia doesn’t seem headed for widespread adoption as bills fall ...

The day after Alabama carried out the first-known US execution using nitrogen gas, its attorney general sent a clear message to death penalty states that might want to follow suit: “Alabama has done ...