# nitrogen gas death

Alabama legislator seeks to eliminate nitrogen gas executions • Alabama Reflector » The bill would eliminate the use of nitrogen gas executions, following nationwide controversy over the January execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith. Alabamareflector.com

HB 27 - Retroactive Judicial Override Ban » House Bill 27 provides relief to approximately 33 people on Alabama's death row who had juries that voted to sentence them to life without parole. Aclualabama.org

Jewish leaders in Ohio sign letter opposing bill seeking use of gas in executions » As Ohio House Bill 392 makes its way through the legislature, Jewish leaders have signed a letter opposing 'the use of gas to suffocate prisoners to death as a new form of execution.' Wcpo.com

Death penalty to include electrocution, nitrogen gas, after Louisiana senate approves house bill » Gov. Landry has indicated his support for the bill as well as all other bills passed during the crime special session. Wwltv.com

Opponents of nitrogen executions bill cite Ohio's ban on gas for pet euthanasia » Ohio outlawed putting down pets by suffocating them with gas, and all but a handful of lawmakers backed that bill when it moved through the legislature in 2022. Statenews.org

Execution by nitrogen hypoxia doesn’t seem headed for widespread adoption as bills fall short and nitrogen producers object | CNN » The day after Alabama carried out the first-known US execution using nitrogen gas, its attorney general sent a clear message to death penalty states that might want to follow suit: “Alabama has done it, and now so can you.” Cnn.com

Ohio Officials Divided on Death Penalty as Attorney General Pushes New Bill to Legalize Nitrogen Hypoxia for Executions » The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information about capital punishment.… Deathpenaltyinfo.org

Advocates hold rally for bill allowing resentencing for some Alabama death row inmates • Alabama Reflector » The bill would make a 2017 law banning judicial override retroactive, which could lead to the resentencing of over 30 death row inmates. Alabamareflector.com