# nitrogen gas death

ACUTE TOXICITY OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE » HUMAN and animal data indicate that exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) can produce a variety of toxicological responses of varying degrees of severity depending on the concentration and duration of exposure and on the sensitivity of the population being exposed. Because NO2 is a gas, the primary route of exposure is via inhalation, making the lung the primary target organ; however, extrapulmonary effects also have been reported. Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Alabama executes man by nitrogen gas for the first time in the U.S. » Kenneth Smith, 58, died at 8:25 p.m. Thursday, after a slew of last-minute appeals to several courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, failed. Npr.org

Alabama carries out first known execution with nitrogen gas in the US. Now the attorney general expects more states to follow | CNN » Kenneth Smith was put to death by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution using that method. Now an attorney general vows to help other states Cnn.com

Biochemistry Changes That Occur after Death: Potential Markers for Determining Post-Mortem Interval » Death is likely to result in very extensive biochemical changes in all body tissues due to lack of circulating oxygen, altered enzymatic reactions, cellular degradation, and cessation of anabolic production of metabolites. These biochemical changes may… Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

It's not fit for putting down animals, but Alabama plans to use nitrogen hypoxia on death row inmate | CBC News » Some medical experts are accusing Alabama of using an experimental procedure to carry out a death sentence later this week for a 58-year-old inmate. Cbc.ca

Killing convicts with nitrogen is even worse than the lethal injection » Nitrogen hypoxia is the gaseous canister version of a knee on the neck. US states that plan to use it must be stopped. Aljazeera.com

Botched 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

Alabama Executes a Man With Nitrogen Gas, the First Time the New Method Has Been Used » Alabama has executed a man with nitrogen gas, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again put the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment Usnews.com

r/IAmA on Reddit: AMA: Tonight, the state of Alabama will put Kenneth Smith to death via the world's first nitrogen gas asphyxiation execution. I'm a paramedic and author of the Medicine & Justice Project on Substack: AMA on the pharmacology, physiology and history of America's death penalty. » Posted by u/ajbauthor - 402 votes and 296 comments Reddit.com