{"id":2140698,"date":"2024-01-04T17:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-n-urges-alabama-to-pause-first-nitrogen-gas-execution-in-u-s\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T17:42:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:42:00","slug":"u-n-urges-alabama-to-pause-first-nitrogen-gas-execution-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-n-urges-alabama-to-pause-first-nitrogen-gas-execution-in-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"U.N. urges Alabama to halt first U.S. nitrogen gas execution"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-n-urges-alabama-to-pause-first-nitrogen-gas-execution-in-u-s%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2140698&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L) United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) \u2063at the U.N. headquarters on September \u200c20, \u200d2022 \u200din New \u200cYork City. (Photo by\u200c Anna Moneymaker\/Getty\u2062 Images)\/ (R) U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers. (AP Photo\/Andrew \u2063Harnik, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>2:38 PM \u2013 Thursday, January 4, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>In a report released on Wednesday, United Nations officials are sounding the\u2062 alarm over the planned execution of an Alabama prisoner using nitrogen gas, calling it an &#8220;untested&#8221; technique that \u200bcould lead to torture or \u2062cruel treatment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The panel of U.N. officials, part of the Human Rights\u2063 Council&#8217;s special processes program, emphasized that the scheduled execution of Kenneth Eugene \u2064Smith would \u2063be the first of its kind \u2063and could\u200d result in &#8220;grave suffering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>About two months ago, the\u200d Alabama Supreme Court approved the use of nitrogen \u2063hypoxia\u2062 as a method of execution. This technique involves\u200b depriving the prisoner of oxygen, which is essential for\u2064 bodily functions, as nitrogen makes up 78%\u200c of the air we breathe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;We\u2064 are\u2064 concerned\u2064 that \u200cnitrogen hypoxia would result in a painful and humiliating death,&#8221; the experts stated, adding that experimental gas asphyxiation executions, like \u2063nitrogen hypoxia, would likely violate the\u200b prohibition on\u200c torture and \u2062cruel punishment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s execution is scheduled for January 25<sup>th<\/sup>, making Alabama\u2063 the first state in the country to use\u200c nitrogen gas for executions.<\/p>\n<p>In 1988, \u2062Smith \u2064was found guilty, along with another man, of hiring \u200cthe killing of Elizabeth Sennett in Colbert County, \u200bAlabama.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) criticized the U.N.&#8217;s focus on the execution, calling it &#8220;misplaced&#8221; and pointing out China&#8217;s unjust executions and genocide.\u2064 He \u2063questioned why the U.N. Human Rights\u2063 Council is prioritizing stopping a humane method of execution for a convicted murderer in Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama attorney general mentioned that Sennett&#8217;s family has waited &#8220;an\u2064 unconscionable 35 years to see justice served.&#8221; Proponents of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-seeks-to-execute-prisoner-using-nitrogen-gas-asphyxiation\/\" title=\"Alabama plans to execute inmate using nitrogen gas asphyxiation.\">nitrogen gas method argue<\/a> that it is painless.<\/p>\n<p>U.N. officials have pleaded with federal authorities in\u2062 the United States and Alabama to postpone Smith&#8217;s execution and any others until \u2064the execution process is thoroughly examined.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Alabama halted executions due to reports of unsuccessful lethal injections.<\/p>\n<p>Smith contested the state&#8217;s decision to use lethal injection for his execution, and although the\u200c U.S.\u200c Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state, \u200bthey chose not to revisit the lower court&#8217;s decision to allow Smith to die\u2063 via fatal gas injection.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama had authorized the use \u2063of nitrogen gas, but \u2064the procedures for its use had not been established at the time of the\u2063 previous year&#8217;s\u2062 decision.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! \u200dSubscribe here to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-jinping-and-vladimir-putin-meet-in-kremlin\/\" title=\"Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin meet in Kremlin\">receive breaking news blasts directly<\/a> to your inbox for\u2063 free. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this\u200b post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Democrat leaders are struggling to handle\u200c the growing influx of illegal\u200d aliens coming into our country from\u2064 the Southern Border. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Doe 107 becomes\u2062 the \u200cmost elusive \u200dname on the Epstein Client List, Trump appeals Colorado\u2019s primary ban to the Supreme\u200d Court\u200b and the GOP threatens to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Harvard\u2019s now ex-president, Claudine Gay, says plagiarism\u2064 allegations leading to\u2064 calls for her resignation are personal attacks fueled by &#8220;racial animus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>  \u200c&#8221;Advocate For Faith And Freedom&#8221;\u2062 attorney Robert\u200b Tyler \u2063says Hunter\u2064 Biden&#8217;s contempt charges could damage his legal \u200bsuit against former Trump White House aide Garrett Ziegler.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>ChatGPT \u200cwas well on its way to becoming a household \u2063name even before 2023 kicked off.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple fell nearly 3% to a seven-week low after Barclays downgraded the shares\u200b on concerns \u200cabout weak demand for its devices in \u200b2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Bitcoin \u200dgalloped past $45,000 for the first time since April 2022, buoyed by optimism around the possible approval of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-st-kicks-off-2024-on-a-dull-note-as-yields-rise-apple-dips\/\" title=\"Wall Street starts 2024 on a lackluster note with rising yields and Apple's decline\">exchange-traded spot bitcoin funds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December \u200b22, 2023 \u2013 6:05 AM PST HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese regulators announced on Friday\u200d a wide range of rules aimed\u2026\u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> Why has the Alabama Supreme \u2063Court approved the use of nitrogen\u200c hypoxia \u2064as a method of execution?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Inbox.<\/p>\n<p>As the execution \u200dof Alabama \u2062prisoner Kenneth\u2062 Eugene Smith\u2063 using nitrogen gas draws near, \u200bUnited Nations officials are raising concerns about the untested \u200bnature of \u200cthis technique. \u200dThey argue that it could\u200c potentially lead to\u200d torture or \u2063cruel treatment, thereby violating the prohibition on such\u2062 practices. The \u200bpanel \u200cof U.N. officials, affiliated with the Human Rights Council&#8217;s special \u2063processes program, emphasizes that this scheduled execution would \u200cbe the first of its kind and could result in &#8220;grave \u2064suffering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, the Alabama \u200cSupreme Court approved the use of nitrogen\u200d hypoxia as a method of execution. This technique involves depriving\u2063 the prisoner of\u200d oxygen by introducing nitrogen gas, which constitutes 78% of the \u200cair we breathe. However, this untested \u200bprocess has raised concerns among human rights experts who fear\u2064 that it could cause a painful and humiliating death.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Eugene Smith&#8217;s execution is \u200bscheduled to take place on January 25th,\u200c making Alabama the \u200dfirst state in the country to utilize nitrogen gas \u2062for executions.\u200b Smith was found guilty in\u200d 1988, along with another individual, of\u2063 orchestrating the killing of\u200b Elizabeth Sennett \u200bin Colbert County, Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Representative Mike Rogers of Alabama has criticized the U.N.&#8217;s focus \u200con this particular \u200cexecution, deeming\u200d it &#8220;misplaced&#8221; and highlighting other cases of unjust\u200c executions \u2063and genocide,\u2062 particularly \u2063in China. He questions why the U.N. Human \u200bRights\u200b Council is prioritizing the prevention of a \u200chumane method of execution for a convicted murderer in Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama attorney general has stressed that Sennett&#8217;s family has waited an unconscionable 35 years to see justice\u2062 served. Furthermore, proponents of the nitrogen gas method argue that it is a painless alternative. However, U.N. officials are \u2062urging federal authorities in the United States and Alabama to postpone Smith&#8217;s execution and any others until a thorough examination of the \u2064execution process can be conducted.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022,\u2062 Alabama temporarily halted executions due to \u2062reports of unsuccessful lethal injections. In Smith&#8217;s\u200b case, he contested\u2063 the \u200dstate&#8217;s decision to use lethal injection for \u2064his execution. Although the U.S. Supreme\u2064 Court ruled in favor of \u200dthe state, they chose not to review the lower \u200ccourt&#8217;s decision to allow Smith&#8217;s death via fatal gas\u2062 injection.<\/p>\n<p>While Alabama had authorized the use \u200dof nitrogen gas, the procedures for its implementation had not yet \u2062been established at the time of the previous year&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<p>It \u200cis important for\u2062 concerned individuals to stay informed about developments regarding this case and\u2064 similar \u200bmatters. Subscribing to reliable \u2062news sources can help ensure that important updates reach your inbox promptly.<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">OAN&#8217;s\u200c Brooke\u2062 Mallory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the 77th UNGA session in New York City. Meanwhile, US Rep. 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