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Alabama Executes Man With Nitrogen Gas For 1993 Murder Over $200 Drug Debt
Anthony Boyd, 54, was sentenced to death for his role in killing Gregory Huguley in Talladega County. Prosecutors said Huguley was set on fire after he didn't pay for $200 worth of cocaine.
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Louisiana Issues 1st Nitrogen Gas Execution For Death Row Killer Jessie Hoffman
Convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman became the first death row inmate in Louisiana, and only the fifth in the United States, to be executed using nitrogen gas on Tuesday.
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Another US Inmate To Be Executed By Nitrogen Gas
A man was put to death by lethal injection Thursday in the US state of Oklahoma, officials said, while Alabama was scheduled to carry out an execution with nitrogen gas, the second such execution in the country.
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Alabama Set To Carry Out Second Execution Using Nitrogen Gas
Alabama is set to carry out the second execution in the United States using nitrogen hypoxia, a controversial method critics say is tantamount to torture.
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Why Recent Execution By Nitrogen Gas In US Has Sparked Controversy
The US state of Alabama carried out the execution of convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday using nitrogen gas.
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"Horror Show": Priest On US Prisoner's Nitrogen Gas Execution
Convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first man in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas, a controversial method that was condemned by human right activists as well as the United Nations and White House.
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"Deeply Troubling, Cruel": Huge Outcry Over 1st Nitrogen Gas Execution In US
The White House said Friday it was "deeply troubled" by the first-ever execution in the United States using nitrogen gas, an untested method which also drew condemnation from the United Nations and European Union.
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US Nitrogen Gas Execution "May Amount To Torture": UN Rights Chief
The United Nations human rights chief on Friday condemned the execution of a prisoner in the U.S. state of Alabama by nitrogen gas, saying the method could amount to torture.
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Who Was Kenneth Eugene Smith, US Prisoner Executed With Nitrogen Gas
The southern US state of Alabama on Thursday put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas. It's the first time the controversial method - criticised by human rights advocates - has been used in the country.
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In A First, US State Alabama Executes Murderer Through Nitrogen Gas Suffocation
The southern US state of Alabama on Thursday put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas, the first time the controversial method decried by human rights advocates has been used in the country.
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First Nitrogen Gas Execution In US: How It Works, What Critics Say
The US state of Alabama on Thursday used nitrogen gas to put to death a convicted murderer.
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US To Carry Out 1st Nitrogen Gas Execution Of Murder Convict
Alabama plans to carry out the first known judicial execution of a prisoner using asphyxiation with nitrogen gas on Thursday evening, a closely watched new method the state hopes to advance as a viable, simpler alternative to lethal injections.
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"Grave Suffering": Experts As US Plans To Execute Inmate By Nitrogen Gas
United Nations experts on Wednesday called on US authorities not to go ahead with the planned execution of an inmate by nitrogen hypoxia, saying the method may subject him to "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or even torture".
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Oklahoma To Use Nitrogen For Executions In First For US
Oklahoma officials said on Wednesday the state would resume executions using nitrogen gas, a move that would make it the first U.S. state to use the gas for capital punishment.
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Oklahoma Adopts Nitrogen as Possible Execution Method
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin on Friday signed into law a bill that allows the use of nitrogen gas as an execution method if the US Supreme Court determines that the state's current lethal injection process is unconstitutional or unavailable.
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Alabama Executes Man With Nitrogen Gas For 1993 Murder Over $200 Drug Debt
Anthony Boyd, 54, was sentenced to death for his role in killing Gregory Huguley in Talladega County. Prosecutors said Huguley was set on fire after he didn't pay for $200 worth of cocaine.
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Louisiana Issues 1st Nitrogen Gas Execution For Death Row Killer Jessie Hoffman
Convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman became the first death row inmate in Louisiana, and only the fifth in the United States, to be executed using nitrogen gas on Tuesday.
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Another US Inmate To Be Executed By Nitrogen Gas
A man was put to death by lethal injection Thursday in the US state of Oklahoma, officials said, while Alabama was scheduled to carry out an execution with nitrogen gas, the second such execution in the country.
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Alabama Set To Carry Out Second Execution Using Nitrogen Gas
Alabama is set to carry out the second execution in the United States using nitrogen hypoxia, a controversial method critics say is tantamount to torture.
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Why Recent Execution By Nitrogen Gas In US Has Sparked Controversy
The US state of Alabama carried out the execution of convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday using nitrogen gas.
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"Horror Show": Priest On US Prisoner's Nitrogen Gas Execution
Convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first man in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas, a controversial method that was condemned by human right activists as well as the United Nations and White House.
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"Deeply Troubling, Cruel": Huge Outcry Over 1st Nitrogen Gas Execution In US
The White House said Friday it was "deeply troubled" by the first-ever execution in the United States using nitrogen gas, an untested method which also drew condemnation from the United Nations and European Union.
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US Nitrogen Gas Execution "May Amount To Torture": UN Rights Chief
The United Nations human rights chief on Friday condemned the execution of a prisoner in the U.S. state of Alabama by nitrogen gas, saying the method could amount to torture.
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Who Was Kenneth Eugene Smith, US Prisoner Executed With Nitrogen Gas
The southern US state of Alabama on Thursday put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas. It's the first time the controversial method - criticised by human rights advocates - has been used in the country.
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In A First, US State Alabama Executes Murderer Through Nitrogen Gas Suffocation
The southern US state of Alabama on Thursday put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas, the first time the controversial method decried by human rights advocates has been used in the country.
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First Nitrogen Gas Execution In US: How It Works, What Critics Say
The US state of Alabama on Thursday used nitrogen gas to put to death a convicted murderer.
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US To Carry Out 1st Nitrogen Gas Execution Of Murder Convict
Alabama plans to carry out the first known judicial execution of a prisoner using asphyxiation with nitrogen gas on Thursday evening, a closely watched new method the state hopes to advance as a viable, simpler alternative to lethal injections.
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"Grave Suffering": Experts As US Plans To Execute Inmate By Nitrogen Gas
United Nations experts on Wednesday called on US authorities not to go ahead with the planned execution of an inmate by nitrogen hypoxia, saying the method may subject him to "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or even torture".
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Oklahoma To Use Nitrogen For Executions In First For US
Oklahoma officials said on Wednesday the state would resume executions using nitrogen gas, a move that would make it the first U.S. state to use the gas for capital punishment.
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Oklahoma Adopts Nitrogen as Possible Execution Method
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin on Friday signed into law a bill that allows the use of nitrogen gas as an execution method if the US Supreme Court determines that the state's current lethal injection process is unconstitutional or unavailable.
