Alabama Conducts First Nitrogen Gas Execution In US: REPORT
Alabama carried out its first nitrogen gas execution Thursday night, following a Supreme Court ruling denying attempts to block its use. Kenneth Smith, a 58-year-old Alabama inmate, died at 8:25 p.m., moments before speaking his final words, accusing the state of taking a “step backwards” in the execution process. according to Go to NPR. (Related: […]
Court allows nitrogen gas execution to proceed
A federal appeals court has denied Kenneth Eugene Smith's motion to stay the death penalty, clearing the way for Alabama to execute Smith by nitrogen hypoxia on Thursday. An appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court also failed. In a 2-1 decision, judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled against Smith's […]
Kenneth Smith, execution survivor, set to receive nitrogen gas execution Thursday
On Thursday, for the first time in U.S. history, an Alabama inmate will be executed using nitrogen gas.Kenneth Smith survived the first execution attempt In November 2022. Smith was arrested in 1988 on his side The murder of a pastor's wife, Elizabeth Sennett, in Sheffield, Alabama. Charles Sennett hired Smith and two others for $1,000 […]
Former governor wants Alabama to stop execution of Kenneth Smith
former governor Don Siegelman We are calling on Alabama leaders, including Gov. Kay Ivey, to halt Thursday's execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, and their decision not to intervene will lead to the crisis Ivey and others are currently facing. Several executions took place while he was governor, saying he hopes he doesn't have to live […]
Mike Rogers blasts UN effort to stop Alabama execution
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Sachs) points out the hypocrisy of the United Nations in wanting to prevent Alabama from executing a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas. United Nations Human Rights Council To tell Executions should be halted after some United Nations experts said they were “concerned that nitrogen hypoxia could lead to painful and humiliating […]
U.N. experts express alarm over Alabama’s planned execution via nitrogen hypoxia
on wednesday, Expert The United Nations (UN) has expressed concern about anticipated executions by nitrogen hypoxia in Alabama and called on state and federal authorities to halt the practice. Alabama plans to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith on January 25 using nitrogen hypoxia, an untested method that has never been used to carry out the death […]
ACLU Laments Convicted Rapist And Murderer Never Got Gender-Affirmating Care Before Execution
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) raised eyebrows Friday in a social media post lamenting that a serial rapist and murderer was not given “gender-affirming” surgery before execution. ACLU sympathetically tweeted On behalf of Duane Owen, he claimed he had been the victim of “great suffering” before his execution. Owen spent more than 30 years […]
Mexico’s Defense Ministry Announces Arrest Of 16 Soldiers Allegedly Involved In The Execution Of Five Men
Mexico’s defense ministry said on Saturday that authorities had arrested 16 military personnel suspected of executing five men after a truck crash last month. Mexican media released a video last week, dated May 18, showing a dozen soldiers surrounding a truck that hit a wall, dragging five people out of the vehicle and shooting them. […]
Aldebaran Resources Announces Execution of Investor Relations Agreement with Adelaide Capital
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aldebaran Resources Co., Ltd. (“aldebaran” or “company”) (TSX-V: ALDE, OTCQX: ADBRF) announced that Adelaide Capital Markets Inc., a leading IR and capital markets advisory firm, has been hired as an IR consultant, subject to acceptance of the application by the TSX Venture Exchange. The contract period […]
Arizona Supreme Court rejects bid to reschedule execution | Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday denied rescheduling an originally scheduled execution this week. seemed unlikely to be executed After Gov. Katie Hobbs’ office said the state was not ready to carry out the death penalty. A court has rejected a May 1 execution date for inmate Aaron Ganches, who was convicted […]