city in Escambia County, Alabama, USA
States botched more executions of Black prisoners. Experts think they know why : A study showed states made more mistakes when executing Black prisoners by ...
npr.org/2024/04/18/1245290751/botched-exections-black-race-death-penalty
Casinos, sports betting removed from Alabama gambling plan: A Senate committee on Tuesday evening approved a scaled-back version of the proposal that passed the ...
al.com/news/2024/03/casinos-sports-betting-removed-from-alabama-gambling-plan-still-includes-lottery.html
Jeff Landry supports death penalty by nitrogen gas. Here's how an eyewitness described it.
theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/witness-recounts-nitrogen-execution-supported-by-jeff-landry/article_0515a22b-387a-5b8c-b917-0aff5e3acc20.html
A Select Few Witnessed Alabama’s Nitrogen Execution. This Is What They Saw.: There are contrasting accounts of the first U.S. execution by nitrogen gas ...
nytimes.com/2024/02/01/us/alabama-nitrogen-execution-kenneth-smith-witnesses.html
Alabama AG calls first nitrogen gas execution ‘textbook,’ but witnesses say inmate thrashed in final moments
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alabama-ag-calls-first-nitrogen-gas-execution-textbook-witnesses-say-i-rcna135810
Quick Glance: Alabama's First Execution with Nitrogen Gas: What Happened and What's Next
- Kenneth Smith was executed using nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution with this method.
- Smith, 58, sentenced to death for a 1988 murder-for-hire, previously survived a failed lethal injection attempt in 2022.
- His legal team lost a final appeal to the US Supreme Court on Thursday evening, voicing concern about potential pain or torture from nitrogen hypoxia.
- Alabama's Attorney General expects many states to follow their example and is ready to assist in implementing this method.
Excruciating death by suffocation?: Alabama plans first execution with nitrogen: Death by hanging, electric chair, poison injection. The United States has always ...
n-tv.de/panorama/Alabama-plant-erste-Hinrichtung-mit-Stickstoff-article24680044.html
Ohio lawmakers introduce bill to allow execution by nitrogen gas following Alabama
abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-lawmakers-bill-nitrogen-gas-execution-method/story
Quick Glance: Ohio Contemplates Nitrogen Gas for Executions
- Ohio politicians are considering the possibility of carrying out the death penalty using nitrogen gas.
- Ohio hasn’t conducted any executions since 2018.
- Key lawmakers of both political parties have consistently introduced proposals to abolish the death penalty in the state.
- The state has expressed interest in the nitrogen gas method recently applied in Alabama.
Europe should boycott Alabama over nitrogen execution - peace group: A peace group with close ties to the Vatican said on Tuesday it will appeal to European ...
reuters.com/legal/europe-should-boycott-alabama-over-nitrogen-execution-peace-group-2024-01-23/
Kenneth Smith could be the first person executed with nitrogen gas. He spoke with NPR
npr.org/2024/01/17/1223969328/kenneth-smith-could-be-the-first-person-executed-with-nitrogen-gas-he-spoke-with
Alabama man shot to death after stopping his car and trying to stop a fight, police say
al.com/news/2024/01/alabama-man-shot-to-death-after-stopping-his-car-and-trying-to-stop-a-fight-police-say.html
Commentary on Nitrogen Execution: Death by Asphyxiation - the dark side of the USA
rundschau-online.de/red/kommentar-zu-stickstoff-hinrichtung-tod-durch-ersticken-die-finstere-seite-der-usa-724703
Alabama's upcoming gas execution could harm witnesses and violate religious liberty
npr.org/2023/12/12/1218591962/alabamas-upcoming-gas-execution-could-harm-witnesses-and-violate-religious-liber
Amid board turmoil, Escambia County schools votes to buyout remainder of superintendent’s contract
al.com/news/2023/12/amid-board-turmoil-escambia-county-schools-votes-to-buyout-remainder-of-superintendents-contract.html
In Alabama, another small-town paper hit in ‘open season’ on free press: It’s an increasingly familiar drama: Local authorities go after journalists and ...
washingtonpost.com/style/media/2023/11/27/atmore-news-arrests-alabama/
After 30 years on death row: Man executed for robbery-murder in Alabama: As a teenager in Alabama, Casey McWhorter was involved in a robbery in which a father ...
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Alabama newspaper arrests followed DA’s attempt to remove publisher from local school board
al.com/news/2023/11/alabama-newspaper-arrests-followed-das-attempt-to-remove-publisher-from-local-school-board.html
KBI, other Kansas authorities let Marion newspaper raid happen. Free press is at risk | Opinion
kansascity.com/opinion/article281489023.html
Driver hits and kills woman outside bar, then is beaten to death by crowd, AL cops say
sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article278147942.html
Man convicted of 4-month-old son’s 1997 death dies on Alabama death row: A man convicted in the killing of his 4-month-old son has died on Alabama's death row ...
torontosun.com/news/world/man-convicted-of-4-month-old-sons-1997-death-dies-on-alabama-death-row
James Barber: Alabama Executes First Inmate Since Botched Injections Review: James Barber’s request to be put to death with nitrogen gas was denied.
thedailybeast.com/james-barber-alabama-executes-first-inmate-since-botched-injections-review
Alabama puts man to death in first execution since suspension lifted: Alabama executed a man early on Friday for beating an elderly woman to death two decades ...
reuters.com/legal/government/alabama-puts-man-death-first-execution-since-suspension-lifted-2023-07-21/
Charges dropped for Florida woman accused of theft from Little League, may be refiled in Alabama
al.com/crime/2023/06/charges-dropped-for-florida-woman-accused-of-theft-from-little-league-may-be-refiled-in-alabama.html
U.S. Supreme Court won’t look at cases of two Alabama Death Row inmates: The two men are behind bars on death row, which is located inside William C ...
al.com/news/birmingham/2023/04/us-supreme-court-wont-look-at-cases-of-two-alabama-death-row-inmates.html
Alabama sets execution as state resumes lethal injections: The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized the execution of an inmate this summer as the state attempts ...
torontosun.com/news/world/alabama-sets-execution-as-state-resumes-lethal-injections
Alabama child dies in USA's first reported hot car death of 2023; murder charge for father
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/03/01/first-reported-hot-car-death-2023-us-alabama/11373867002/
What is it like to survive an execution by lethal injection?: Alabama’s corrections department has bungled the procedure on three recent occasions ...
theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/28/lethal-injection-surviving-execution-attempt-alabama
Alabama’s troubled death penalty attempts added to America’s ‘Year of the Botched Execution’
al.com/news/2022/12/alabamas-troubled-death-penalty-attempts-added-to-americas-year-of-the-botched-execution.html
Gov. Kay Ivey orders moratorium on executions in Alabama: The governor ordered a "top-to-bottom" review of the state's execution process ...
al.com/news/2022/11/gov-kay-ivey-orders-moratorium-on-executions-in-alabama.html
Quick Glance: Alabama halts executions following the third unsuccessful lethal injection
- The Alabama Department of Corrections shared this undated photo of inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire assassination of a preacher's wife.
- Smith, 57, is slated to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at a prison in south Alabama.
- After difficulty inserting the IV, Alabama postpones the execution.
- "The Alabama Department of Corrections has a history of denying and bending the truth about its execution failures, and it cannot be trusted to meaningfully investigate its own incompetence and wrongdoing," he said.
Alabama agrees not to execute death row inmate Alan Miller by lethal injection, settles federal lawsuit
al.com/news/2022/11/alabama-agrees-not-to-execute-death-row-inmate-alan-miller-by-lethal-injection-settles-federal-lawsuit.html
Alabama’s autopsy of Joe Nathan James Jr. finds no signs of abuse, cutting into arms for vein
al.com/news/2022/11/alabamas-autopsy-of-joe-nathan-james-jr-finds-no-signs-of-abuse-cutting-of-veins.html
What happened to Joe Nathan James Jr. during Alabama execution? Doctors at autopsy disagree
al.com/news/2022/10/what-happened-to-joe-nathan-james-jr-during-alabama-execution-doctors-at-autopsy-disagree.html
Alabama suspect tried to escape custody through hospital bathroom ceiling, police say
al.com/news/mobile/2022/10/alabama-suspect-tried-to-escape-custody-through-hospital-bathroom-ceiling-police-say.html
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