New York Post

South Carolina wants to bring back electric chair and firing squads – says ‘painless’ death not mandated

South Carolina wants to bring back the firing squad and the electric chair as the state argues that “painless” deaths are not mandated. Among the 33 prisoners on death row in the Palmetto State, four ...

Alabama can’t execute man with gas, judge says: Firing squad provides ‘quick and painless death’

After a legal back and forth over ways to die, a federal judge said that an Alabama Death Row inmate can not be put to death ...
The Daily Record (Maryland)

Alabama calls nitrogen execution method painless and humane, but critics raise doubts

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney Thursday and use a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of oxygen ...
Yahoo

A Progressive Justice Billed This Method of Execution as “Relatively Quick and Painless.” She Was Wrong.

The death penalty in the United States is sustained by a fantasy and an illusion. Americans imagine that when the state kills, it can do so in a humane manner. We’ve tried many things to turn that ...
CBS News

South Carolina wants to resume executions with firing squad and electric chair, says "instantaneous or painless" death not mandated

Lawyers for a group of death row inmates who have run out of appeals are expected to argue to the South Carolina Supreme Court that two of the state's execution methods — the electric chair, which is ...
Montgomery Advertiser on MSN

What methods can Alabama use for executions? What to know

From lethal injection to nitrogen gas, here’s a look at the execution methods allowed under Alabama law.
wjla

Alabama calls nitrogen execution method painless and humane, but critics are raising doubt

Armstrong Williams takes on the news of the week and asks the questions you want answered. Don’t miss our weekly town hall! by KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama, unless ...
Odessa American

Alabama calls nitrogen execution method painless and humane, but critics are raising doubts

Pastors Lynn Hopkins, left, and Shane Isner deliver a letter from faith leaders statewide to Pam Bye, Director of Constituent Services for Governor Kay Ivey, at the state capitol building in ...
The Columbian

Alabama calls nitrogen execution method painless and humane, but critics are raising doubts

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney Thursday and use a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of ...
Hawaii News Now

Alabama calls nitrogen execution method ‘painless’ and ‘humane,’ but critics raise doubts

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney Thursday and use a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of ...
WNCT

Alabama calls nitrogen execution method painless and humane, but critics are raising doubts

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama, unless ...