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Jan 25 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Over a powerful dissent, a federal court has rejected Kenny Smith's challenge to being executed by nitrogen asphyxiation. The dissenting judge explained why tonight's scheduled execution in Alabama should not happen:
"The State of Alabama seeks to test an entirely new method of execution on Kenny Smith, opting for him to die not by lethal injection, but by nitrogen gas."
Jan 25 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
Alabama plans to test an unproven, experimental nitrogen suffocation execution method on Kenny Smith today. eji.org/news/kenny-smi…
Kenny Smith’s jury sentenced him to life without parole.
Nov 21, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
After two failed execution attempts and a torturous multi-hour execution of a third person, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has officially suspended executions in Alabama. eji.org/news/alabama-g…
Governor Ivey’s call for a suspension of executions is a welcome and huge relief to many of us who see the tragedy that has come out of these horrific failed executions.
Mar 6, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
The State of Alabama executed Nathaniel Woods tonight for a crime involving white victims. A stunning 84% of Alabama executions in the modern era have been carried out for crimes involving white victims even though only 20% of the state's homicide victims are white.
This dramatic disparity in Alabama's death penalty reflects a longstanding problem of racial bias in the administration of capital punishment. eji.org/news/nathaniel…
