The first nitrogen execution in U.S. history is scheduled for Jan. 25, according to court documents. writes about this TASS.
A court in Alabama did not ban it despite protests.
Convicted Kenneth Eugene Smith was sentenced to death in 1988 for killing a woman for her priest husband. Smith is one of only two people to have survived an execution attempt in the United States. An attempt to execute him by lethal injection in November 2022 failed.
According to the plan, the convict will be forced to breathe only nitrogen, which will lead to hypoxia and eventually death. While supporters of the method insist that it is painless, opponents liken it to experiments on humans.
Besides Alabama, such executions are allowed only in Oklahoma and Mississippi.
UN experts have expressed concerns about plans to execute Smith using nitrogen hypoxia because inhaling nitrogen could cause the prisoner to suffer, and there is currently no scientific evidence to assuage these concerns.
in israel reportedThey said they could bring back the death penalty.
It was previously reported that the perpetrator of the terrorist attack on the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran was killed. will be executed.