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Alabama executes 2nd death row inmate by nitrogen hypoxia

Alabama's second nitrogen gas execution follows what critics call an "insistence on secrecy" by corrections officials

Alabama will execute a death row inmate Thursday with nitrogen gas, a controversial and highly secretive procedure that has only been done one other time.

AOL · 11h

Alabama nitrogen execution follows what critics call "insistence on secrecy"

Alabama will execute a death row inmate Thursday with nitrogen gas, a controversial and highly secretive procedure that has only been done one other time.

UPI · 11h

Alabama executes second death row inmate by nitrogen hypoxia

Alabama conducted the United States' second execution with the use of nitrogen gas on Thursday evening, finally killing Alan Eugene Miller for the fatal 1999 workplace shooting of three people.

U.S. reaches 1,600 executions

Hosted on MSN · 7h

U.S. reaches 1,600 executions since death penalty was reinstated

Alan Eugene Miller’s execution was the fifth in the last week, drawing national scrutiny to convictions and execution processes.

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

US Reaches Executions Milestone Amid Declining Support for Death Penalty

"All the data indicates that the American public is increasingly uncomfortable with use of the death penalty, yet elected officials persist in scheduling secretive, costly executions that do not reflect accurately the priorities of the communities they serve," Robin Maher, the DPIC's executive director, said in a statement to Newsweek.

Christian Science Monitor · 1d

Why are death penalty executions scheduled in 5 states this week?

One execution was held on Sept. 20 and two more on Sept. 24. If the two remaining – set for Sept. 26 – take place, it will mark the most in one week in the U.S. since July 2003. Marcellus Williams was put to death in Missouri despite objections by the victims’ family.

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Alabama nears state record for most executions in one-year period

The state's second nitrogen hypoxia execution is set for Sept. 26, with more executions scheduled for October and November.

Indiana Lawyer6h

5 executions have happened over a week’s span in the US

Experts say five executions being scheduled within one week is simply an anomaly that resulted from courts or elected ...

5 executions scheduled in one week in US, including Alabama, for first time in more than 20 years

"Two on a single day is unusual, and four on two days in the same week is also very unusual," said Robin Maher of the Death Penalty Information Center.

NECN3d

There are 5 executions set over a week's span in the US — that's the most in decades

Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death ... the use and support of the death penalty in the ...

Alabama Public Radio3d

Five executions set over a week's span in the US, including in Alabama, the most in decades

Death row inmates in five separate states are set to be put to death in the span of one week. If carried out as planned, the ...

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The Death Penalty Fails America

More than half of American states have abolished the death penalty or hit pause on executions. Less than half —47%—of ...

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