# death by nitrogen gas painful

Alabama describes proposed nitrogen gas execution; seeks to become first state to carry it out » Alabama’s proposed procedures to carry out executions with nitrogen gas include fitting a mask over the inmate’s nose and mouth and replacing their breathing air with nitrogen gas until their heart stops The state described the procedures for the proposed new execution method in a court filing. Apnews.com

Decompression Sickness - Injuries and Poisoning - Merck Manuals Consumer Version » Nitrogen bubbles also cause inflammation, causing swelling and pain in muscles, joints, and tendons. The risk of developing decompression sickness increases … Merckmanuals.com

HOW DOES NITROGEN KILL? » Nitrogen gas kills through 'nitrogen asphyxiation' which causes death through a lack of oxygen. Nitrogen gas is odourless, colourless and tasteless and therefore completely undetectable to humans. Dailymail.co.uk

UN experts sound alarm over planned first US execution by nitrogen gas » Kenneth Smith, convicted of murder, is scheduled to be executed in the state of Alabama on January 25 using nitrogen hypoxia. Jpost.com

Alabama inmate will be first person in U.S. executed via nitrogen gas » The execution method is untested. Axios.com

Alabama Plans To Execute A Man With Nitrogen Gas Despite Jury’s Life Verdict | ACLU » U.N. experts say the method is likely to constitute torture, violating international human rights treaties ratified by the U.S. Aclu.org

First U.S. execution by nitrogen gas would cause "painful and humiliating death," U.N. experts warn » Experts have denounced Alabama's planned execution of a death row inmate by nitrogen hypoxia — an untested suffocation method that they say could cause "grave suffering." Cbsnews.com

Doctors, ethicists skeptical that nitrogen executions will be humane - Arkansas Advocate » Alabama’s announcement that it will try to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen gas suffocation will set off a round of issues about the ethics and practicality of using an untested and unproven method of execution. The Alabama Attorney General’s Office said in an Aug. 25 request to set an execution date for Smith that […] Arkansasadvocate.com

Alabama execution using nitrogen gas could "amount to torture" and violate human rights treaties, U.N. warns » The inmate, Kenneth Eugene Smith, already survived a botched execution attempt by lethal injection in 2022. Cbsnews.com