# nitrogen gas death

Case report of suicide by inhalation of nitrogen gas - PubMed » Nitrogen is an inert gas that is a normal constituent of the air that we breathe. It is a suffocating gas that does not support life and that can be a cause of death by the displacement of oxygen in the atmosphere. The majority of deaths associated with nitrogen have occurred in the setting of scuba … Pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Alabama man shook violently on gurney during first-ever nitrogen gas execution » A man put to death using nitrogen gas shook and convulsed for minutes on the gurney as Alabama carried out the first-of-its-kind execution that has ignited debate over the humaneness of the method. Ctvnews.ca

Does a new U.S. execution method have Canadian link? What’s behind concerns | Globalnews.ca » An Alabama prisoner set to be executed on Thursday using a novel method that a U.S. based advocacy organization says has a Canadian link. Globalnews.ca

Firm with Quebec ties makes mask to be used in U.S. prisoner execution | CBC News » Justice advocacy groups say masks made by the subsidiary of a Quebec-based company are being used for executions in the United States. The first would be the execution of Kenneth Smith in Alabama on Thursday. Cbc.ca

Alabama executes convict with nitrogen gas in 1st use of method in U.S. - National | Globalnews.ca » Officials said Kenneth Eugene Smith was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m. at an Alabama prison after breathing pure nitrogen gas through a face mask to cause oxygen deprivation. Globalnews.ca

Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used » Kenneth Eugene Smith, a 58-year-old convicted killer, has become the first person in the U.S. to be executed with nitrogen gas at a South Alabama prison. Apnews.com

An eyewitness account of the first-ever nitrogen gas execution in the U.S. » As witnesses including five news reporters watched through a window, Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to die in the 1988 murder-for hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett, convulsed on a gurney as Alabama carried out the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas. Ctvnews.ca