Nov 29, 2024 Alabama carries out nation's third nitrogen gas execution An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker became the third person executed by nitrogen gas in both the U.S. and Alabama. Nov 21, 2024 ...
25, 2024. The state plans to put inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith to death with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used in the United States. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler) 5 of 11 | FILE - Alabama’s lethal injection chamber at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala...