An Alabama inmate is at the center of an “experimental” execution method debate. His lawyers are strongly opposing the state’s request to carry out his death sentence using the untested method of nitrogen hypoxia. Kenneth Eugene Smith’s attorneys have urged the Alabama Supreme Court to reject the state attorney general’s request to set an …
South Carolina has obtained a drug needed to carry out lethal injections and is prepared to perform its first execution in over 12 years, officials announced on Tuesday. In the past, South Carolina was known for its high number of executions. However, an unintended moratorium has been in place since the expiration date of …
Montgomery, Ala. — Alabama is poised to make history by becoming the first state to execute a prisoner using pure nitrogen as the method. The Alabama attorney general’s office has formally requested the state Supreme Court to schedule an execution date for death row inmate Kenneth Smith. Alabama intends to carry out the execution through …
Singapore is preparing to break a nearly two-decade streak without executing a woman. On Friday, Saridewi Djamani, 45, is scheduled to be hanged after being convicted and sentenced in 2018 for trafficking just over an ounce of heroin. The last woman to be executed for drug trafficking in Singapore was Yen May Woen in 2004. …
James Barber faces execution in Alabama on Thursday night, pending a possible intervention from an appeals court. Barber would be the first prisoner to be executed since a series of unsuccessful lethal injection attempts resulted in a temporary halt in executions starting in November. In an interview with NBC News, Barber, who was convicted of …
A federal jury has announced that the gunman who killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 is eligible for the death penalty. This sets the stage for further evidence and testimony to determine whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison. The government seeks capital punishment for Robert Bowers, who …