# death by nitrogen gas painful

‘I’m not ready, brother’: US man to be put to death months after botched execution attempt » Kenneth Smith, to be executed in Alabama by untested nitrogen-gas method, tells Guardian of nightmares from failed lethal injection Theguardian.com

USA: Rights experts slam ‘outrageous’ execution of inmate by nitrogen gas suffocation » Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council unequivocally condemned the recent execution of an American inmate by nitrogen gas inhalation – the first time ever that the method has been used.  News.un.org

Nitrogen gas is the just latest method in America’s long quest for a pain-free execution » After Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first ever person to be executed by nitrogen gas, we consider the evolution of capital punishment Telegraph.co.uk

What is nitrogen hypoxia? Alabama's Kenneth Smith execution proceeds with unprecedented, controversial method » A death row inmate in Alabama was executed on Thursday, Jan. 25, using nitrogen gas. It marked the first U.S. execution carried out this way. Cbsnews.com

‘Astonishingly cruel’: Alabama seeks to test execution method on death row ‘guinea pig’ » Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen Theguardian.com

A controversial execution in Alabama renews the fight over capital punishment » The state is using a new untested method that has prompted backlash. Vox.com

Alabama execution using nitrogen gas could "amount to torture" and violate human rights treaties, U.N. warns » The inmate, Kenneth Eugene Smith, already survived a botched execution attempt by lethal injection in 2022. Cbsnews.com