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Alabama carries out nation's 2nd nitrogen gas execution

CBS News · 18h

Alabama's second nitrogen gas execution follows what critics call an "insistence on secrecy" by corrections officials

Alabama will execute a death row inmate Thursday with nitrogen gas, a controversial and highly secretive procedure that has only been done one other time.

USA Today · 11h

Alabama carries out the nation's second nitrogen gas execution

Alan Eugene Miller, who was put to death on Thursday, was convicted of killing three people during a 1999 workplace shooting spree.

International Business Times · 8h

Alabama Executes Second Death Row Inmate Using Nitrogen, Alan Miller Gasps for Breath in His Final Minutes

Alabama executed convicted murderer Alan Miller on September 26 using nitrogen asphyxiation, marking the state's second use of this controversial method. Miller struggled and gasped for several minutes before dying,

U.S. reaches 1,600 executions

Hosted on MSN · 5h

U.S. reaches 1,600 executions since death penalty was reinstated

Alan Eugene Miller’s execution was the fifth in the last week, drawing national scrutiny to convictions and execution processes.

Newsweek on MSN · 22h

US Reaches Executions Milestone Amid Declining Support for Death Penalty

"All the data indicates that the American public is increasingly uncomfortable with use of the death penalty, yet elected officials persist in scheduling secretive, costly executions that do not reflect accurately the priorities of the communities they serve," Robin Maher, the DPIC's executive director, said in a statement to Newsweek.

Christian Science Monitor · 1d

Why are death penalty executions scheduled in 5 states this week?

One execution was held on Sept. 20 and two more on Sept. 24. If the two remaining – set for Sept. 26 – take place, it will mark the most in one week in the U.S. since July 2003. Marcellus Williams was put to death in Missouri despite objections by the victims’ family.

News-Press NOW13h

5 executions have happened over a week's span in the US. That's the most in decades

Death row inmates in five states have been put to death in the span of one week. This was the first time in more than 20 ...

10d

Alabama nears state record for most executions in one-year period

The state's second nitrogen hypoxia execution is set for Sept. 26, with more executions scheduled for October and November.

Indiana Lawyer4h

5 executions have happened over a week’s span in the US

Experts say five executions being scheduled within one week is simply an anomaly that resulted from courts or elected ...

There are 5 executions set over a week's span in the US — that's the most in decades

Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death ... the use and support of the death penalty in the ...

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