Tag: Death Penalty Information Center
Alabama won’t describe nitrogen execution plans for security
The Alabama prison system, citing security reasons, declined to describe the “system” it has built for nitrogen hypoxia executions and gave no...
Lethal injection or gas? Alabama’s death row gets to choose
Some say inhaling nitrogen gas would be like dying on a plane that depressurizes in flight, swiftly killing all aboard. Now more than a...
State House Committee approves nitrogen execution for death row inmates
A bill to allow death row inmates to be executed by nitrogen gas passed the Alabama House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
Under existing law, a...
