# nitrogen gas execution

'No plan B' for Paris opening ceremony after knife attack - sports minister » There is no "plan B" for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games, the French sports minister said on Monday, after a man armed with a knife and hammer killed a German tourist and left two people wounded near the Eiffel Tower on Saturday. Reuters.com

Alabama Executes Intellectually Disabled Death-Row Prisoner » Alabama has executed an intellectually disabled death-row prisoner who was sentenced to death by his trial judge despite a non-unanimous sentencing… Deathpenaltyinfo.org

Alabama Prepares to Become First State to Carry Out Execution by Nitrogen Gas » Lethal injection is the preferred method of execution in the U.S., but Alabama is now seeking to execute a death row prisoner by a method that has never been tried before—nitrogen hypoxia, or death by breathing only nitrogen gas. Americanbar.org

Judge blocks Thursday's execution by lethal injection of Alabama death row inmate who says he requested to die by nitrogen hypoxia | CNN » A federal judge has granted an order prohibiting Alabama from executing a death row inmate by lethal injection this week after he asserted he chose to die by nitrogen hypoxia – an untested and unproven execution method Alabama officials say they’re not ready to use. Cnn.com

White House calls Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution ‘troubling’ » Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was executed Thursday night using nitrogen hypoxia, the first known instance in the world that method was used to execute a prisoner. Washingtonpost.com

Arizona Prepares for Executions With Gas Used in Holocaust Death Camps » Arizona reportedly has “refurbished” its gas chamber and has spent more than $2,000 to acquire ingredients to execute prisoners with cyanide gas, the same… Deathpenaltyinfo.org

Arizona Plans Executions with Gas Used by Nazis at Auschwitz » Apr 6, 2021…… gas chamber was declared “operationally ready” in December. The Nazis used hydrogen cyanide under the trade name Zyklon B to kill more than … Eji.org

Fritz Haber: Jewish chemist whose work led to Zyklon B » The German Jewish chemist Fritz Haber's astonishing career led to millions of lives saved, and millions of lives lost, reports Chris Bowlby. Bbc.com