Death row execution: Alabama's first suffocation
American's first nitrogen hypoxia execution.
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Show Notes
After trying - and failing - to kill him via lethal injection, Alabama is planning to execute death row inmate Kenneth Smith next week using an untested method - nitrogen suffocation. But why are they resorting to this? And could he get a last minute reprieve?
Today's episode contains descriptions of death and execution, right from the start - so do consider if you want to listen.
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