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- Categoria: Death Penalty News
- Pubblicato: 25 Gennaio 2024
An Alabama death row inmate is expected to become the first person in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas, after losing last-minute appeals.The US Supreme Court and a lower appeals court declined to block what Kenneth Eugene Smith's lawyers called a "cruel and unusual" punishment.Opponents say using nitrogen could cause unnecessary suffering, and a leak could harm people present in