# nitrogen gas execution

Alabama carries out first known execution with nitrogen gas in the US. Now the attorney general expects more states to follow | CNN » Kenneth Smith was put to death by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution using that method. Now an attorney general vows to help other states Cnn.com

Death by nitrogen anoxia: On the integrated physiology of human execution » <em>Experimental Physiology</em> journal reports novel insights into homeostatic and adaptive responses in health, and research into pathophysiological mechanisms in disease. Physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

An eyewitness account of what happened at the nation's 1st nitrogen gas execution » As witnesses watched through a window, Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to die in the 1988 murder-for hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett, convulsed on a gurney as Alabama carried out the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas. Pbs.org

Death Penalty Information Center » The Center also produces groundbreaking reports on various issues related to the death penalty such as arbitrariness, costs, innocence, and race. Deathpenaltyinfo.org