Tag: nitrogen

Eskom Disputes Report Finding It Leads World Nitrogen Pollution

(Bloomberg) — Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., South Africa’s state power company, disputed the findings of a Greenpeace report that it operates many of the world’s worst emission sites for toxic nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide. Most Read from Bloomberg The Major Air Polluters in Africa report, released Thursday by Greenpeace in collaboration with the Centre […]

Three top nitrogen gas manufacturers in US bar products from use in executions

Three of the largest manufacturers of medical-grade nitrogen gas in the US have barred their products from being used in executions, following Alabama’s recent killing of the death row inmate Kenneth Smith using a previously untested method known as nitrogen hypoxia. The three companies have confirmed to the Guardian that they have put in place […]

I witnessed Alabama execute a man using nitrogen gas. It was horrific and cruel.

Nobody alive was closer to the nation’s first and thus far only nitrogen hypoxia execution than I was. As Kenneth Smith’s spiritual adviser, I saw every horrific second before, during and after the curtains closed. I want to make something perfectly clear: Anyone who claims that this was anything short of torture is not just mistaken, they are a dangerous liar. Kenny Smith’s execution was […]

Alabama death row inmate files complaint over nitrogen gas executions

ALABAMA (WHNT) — A new filing in Federal District Court is asking the court to stop another Alabama inmate from execution by nitrogen gas, saying that the execution of Kevin Eugene Smith using the method was ‘botched.’ The new filing, made on behalf of death row inmate David Wilson, argues executing Wilson using the current […]

Louisiana lawmaker’s bill would allow nitrogen gas executions

A Louisiana lawmaker is proposing a bill that would allow for nitrogen gas to be used in executions in the event lethal injection is unavailable, making it the latest state to consider adopting the practice after Alabama put a man to death last month through the first-of-its-kind method. Rep. Nicholas Muscarello, a Republican who chairs […]

Ohio could begin nitrogen gas executions under Bill backed by attorney general

Ohio’s Republican attorney general put his weight behind a legislative effort on Tuesday that would bring nitrogen gas executions to the state, ending a yearslong unofficial death penalty moratorium. Attorney general Dave Yost made remarks in a news conference about a Bill sponsored by Republican state Reps Brian Stewart and Phil Plummer. It would require […]