An Alabama death row inmate who beat a minister's wife to death for a $1,000 payout and survived lethal injection last year is fighting the state's decision to kill him with nitrogen hypoxia.
from THU 11:00 AM PDT until FRI 11:00 PM PDT, San Francisco County, San Francisco Bay Shoreline, Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Clara Valley including San JoseAn Alabama death row inmate who beat a minister's wife to death for a $1,000 payout and survived lethal injection last year is fighting the state's decision to kill him with nitrogen hypoxia, a new method never before used to put a prisoner to death.of his 45-year-old wife, killed himself a week after her death, per court documents.
ALABAMA TO BE FIRST STATE TO EXECUTE PRISONER USING PURE NITROGEN, SETTING OFF DEBATE ON DEATH PENALTY METHODS Denno noted a number of "botched" executions that have occurred around the country over the years due to executioner incompetence, failure to follow protocols, or defects in the protocols themselves.
Death by nitrogen hypoxia has been employed in unregulated assisted suicides abroad but has never been tested in a clinical setting. The American Veterinary Medical Association's guidelines allow inert gas hypoxia in the euthanasia of chickens, turkeys and pigs, but it is not recommended in other mammals such as rats, The
Per an earlier filing cited in the most recent court record, "Mr. Smith's horrifying experience was not a singular event, it was just the latest incident in an uninterrupted pattern of executions by [ADOC] that involved protracted, severely painful and grisly efforts to establish the intravenous lines necessary to carry the lethal injection drugs into his body.
Denno said it is unclear whether spiritual advisers or observers watching the execution would be safe from the colorless, odorless nitrogen. The specifications of the mask that would deliver the gas were redacted or not included in the protocol document, and it is unclear if the death chamber at Holman Correctional Facility is airtight.
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