Alabama to use nitrogen gas to execute man for 1994 slaying of hitchhiker An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker is slated to become the third person executed by nitrogen gas.

Attorneys argued that the person experiences “conscious #suffocation” and that the first two #NitrogenExecutions did not result in swift unconsciousness and death as the state promised. #DeathPenalty #Constitutionality #Inhumane