A federal judge is hearing testimony about the nation’s first two nitrogen gas executions, weighing whether to let Alabama carry out a third such execution next month. Attorneys for Carey Dale Grayson are asking a federal judge to block his scheduled Nov. 21 execution with nitrogen gas. But the state is asking that the execution go forward.
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Attorneys for Carey Dale Grayson are asking a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction to block the prisoner’s scheduled Nov. 21 execution with nitrogen gas. The attorneys say Alabama officials must make changes to the procure, adding in a court filing that they “have chosen to ignore clear and obvious signs the current protocol contains major problems.”described how the inmates shook
on the gurney for two minutes or longer, their spasms followed by what appeared to be several minutes of periodic labored breaths with long pauses in between. The execution method involves placing a respirator gas mask over the inmate’s face to replace breathable air with pure nitrogen gas, causing death by lack of oxygen. The method has generated debate about its humaneness as critics have argued that the state’s execution protocol does not deliver the quick death the state said it would.Georgia WR Colbie Young arrested on charges of battery and assault on an unborn childAlabama Corrections Commissioner John Q.
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