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Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution is indefensible

27 January 2024

12:09 AM

27 January 2024

12:09 AM

Let’s park for a moment the morality of the death penalty. You know what you think. It’s one of those issues that is as divisive as it gets, and along all the predictable lines. It’s the method that exercises me.

Last night, Alabama executed Kenneth Smith by the administration of nitrogen gas.

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