HOW DOES EXECUTION BY NITROGEN GAS WORK?
The Anesthesia Consultant
JANUARY 26, 2024
The state of Alabama executed inmate Kenneth Smith on January 25, 2024, by forcing him to breathe 100% nitrogen gas. It was the first known execution in the United States by this method. Smith was 58 years old. He was sentenced to death for his role in a 1988 murder. Smith’s lawyers had expressed that death by inhaling nitrogen would cause excessive pain and would be a form of torture.
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