Alabama execution ‘may amount to torture’: UN rights chief

Alabama execution ‘may amount to torture’: UN rights chief

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The southern US state of Alabama on Thursday put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas, the first time the country has used a method that the UN rights chief said may amount to torture.Kenneth Eugene Smith was pronounced dead at 8:25 pm...
Alabama executes a man using untested method of nitrogen gas

Alabama executes a man using untested method of nitrogen gas

[ad_1] ATMORE, Ala.: Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again put the US at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. The state said the method would be humane,...