The United Nations Human Rights Office has expressed apprehension over Alabama's upcoming execution using nitrogen gas, stating that it could potentially amount to torture. Kenneth Eugene Smith, on death row since 1996, is slated to become the first person executed in the U.S. through Alabama's nitrogen hypoxia method. Alabama's previous attempt to execute Smith by lethal injection in 2022 was canceled due to issues with intravenous lines.
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UN raises alert over US nitrogen-gas execution, says it could be torture

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The United Nations expressed concern over Alabama's use of nitrogen gas to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith, stating it may constitute torture.

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