# how does nitrogen gas execution work

Why Alabama’s plan to execute a prisoner using nitrogen gas is raising concerns » Unless the courts intervene, a death-row inmate in Alabama is scheduled on Thursday to become the first person in the U.S. to be executed using an untested method: nitrogen hypoxia. Alabama’s solicitor general has called it “painless and humane,” but the UN Human RIghts Office says it could amount to torture. John Yang speaks with the Death Penalty Information Center’s Robin Maher to learn more. Pbs.org

Judge Rules Alabama Can Carry Out Nation’s First Execution Via Nitrogen Gas » United Nation experts previously urged the U.S. to halt the execution. Forbes.com

Oklahoma Announces Plans to Execute Prisoners with Nitrogen Gas » At a news conference on March 14, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter and Corrections Director Joe M. Allbaugh announced that the state plans to… Deathpenaltyinfo.org

Methods of Execution » 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

Kenneth Smith could be the first person executed with nitrogen gas. He spoke with NPR » Smith rarely speaks with reporters about surviving a lethal injection execution in 2022. But he talked with NPR about Alabama's plans to try again, this time with a new method: nitrogen gas. Npr.org

‘Astonishingly cruel’: Alabama seeks to test execution method on death row ‘guinea pig’ » Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen Theguardian.com

Alabama wants executions by nitrogen hypoxia: What is it? » MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama told a federal judge that it could soon be ready to use a new, untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia to carry out a death sentence. Apnews.com

Alabama takes steps toward using nitrogen as new execution method » But critics decry death penalty ‘experimentation’ that state is developing after a series of botched lethal injections Theguardian.com

How Nitrogen Executions Could Go Wrong - Oklahoma Watch » Oklahoma officials say that using inhalation of nitrogen to carry out the death penalty will be safe and humane. But uncertainty surrounds the process, including how it will force inmates to inhale the gas and what will happen if they resist. Oklahomawatch.org