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Alabama's lethal injection chamber at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., is pictured in this Oct. 7, 2002 file photo. Kenneth Smith, 58, is scheduled to be executed Jan. 25, 2024, at a south Alabama prison by nitrogen gas, a method that has never been used to put a person to death. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments Friday, Jan. 19, in Smith's bid to stop the execution from going forward. (AP Photo/File)

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Alabama plans to carry out first nitrogen gas execution. How will it work and what are the risks?
By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press
Sun,01/21/24-8:11AM , 47 Reads
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is preparing to use a new method of execution: nitrogen gas.
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This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife. Alabama will be allowed to put Smith to death with nitrogen gas later this month, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, clearing the way for what would be the nation’s first execution under a new method the inmate’s lawyers criticize as cruel and experimental. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File)

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Alabama inmate asks federal appeals court to block first-ever execution by nitrogen gas
By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press
Fri,01/19/24-11:32AM , 30 Reads
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An attorney for an Alabama inmate set to be the nation's first person ever put to death by nitrogen gas asked a federal appeals court Friday to block the upcoming execution using the “untested methods.”
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A person holds up a sign reading, "Trans People Belong in Alabama," during a rally outside the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on International Transgender Day of Visibility, Friday, March 31, 2023. Alabama can begin immediately enforcing a ban outlawing the use of puberty blockers and hormones to treat transgender people under 19, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, granting the state’s request to stay a preliminary injunction that had blocked enforcement of the 2022 law. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File)

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Alabama can enforce a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, appeals court rules
By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press
Thu,01/11/24-4:11PM , 79 Reads
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This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife. Alabama will be allowed to put Smith to death with nitrogen gas later this month, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, clearing the way for what would be the nation’s first execution under a new method the inmate’s lawyers criticize as cruel and experimental. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File)

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Federal judge says Alabama can conduct nation’s 1st execution with nitrogen gas; appeal planned
By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press
Wed,01/10/24-1:20PM , 36 Reads
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas later this month, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, clearing the way for what would be the nation’s first execution using a new method the inmate’s lawyers criticize as cruel and experimental.
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