Nitrogen hypoxia: Risks of Alabama's untested execution method

On Jan. 25, convicted killer and Alabama native Kenneth Eugene Smith is set to become the first inmate in U.S. history to be executed by means of nitrogen hypoxia, a method that Smith's attorneys refer to as 'experimental' and one recently admonished by the United Nations.

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